Judges 17:5-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵ This man Micah had a “house of God,” where he placed a special priestly vest and a household god and where he ordained^[a] one of his sons as his own priest.

⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel, and every man did whatever was right in his own eyes.

A Renegade Priest

⁷ Meanwhile, there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, a city which belonged to a clan of Judah. He was a Levite, but he resided in Bethlehem even though he was not a Judean.^[b]