5. This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
6. In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.
7. There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.
8. The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim.