Judges 17:7-18:1

New International Version

⁷ A young Levite^(A) from Bethlehem in Judah,^(B) who had been living within the clan of Judah, ⁸ left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way^[a] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

⁹ Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”

“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,^(C)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”

¹⁰ Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father^(D) and priest,^(E) and I’ll give you ten shekels^[b] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” ¹¹ So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. ¹² Then Micah installed^(F) the Levite, and the young man became his priest^(G) and lived in his house. ¹³ And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”^(H)

The Danites Settle in Laish

18 In those days Israel had no king.^(I)

And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.^(J)