⁵ The man Micah had for himself a shrine,^[a] and he made an ephod and teraphim, and he appointed one of his sons^[b] who became a priest for him. ⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel, and each one did what was right in his own eyes.

⁷ There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite and was dwelling as a foreigner^[c] there.