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Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod [a] and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest. In those days Israel didn’t have a king. Everyone did whatever he considered right.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:5 Ephod   is a technical term for a part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.

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