(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Judges 17:7–13, “And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.”
Micah had set himself up as an important man in his own region, he had his own shrine and his own priest to worship at the shrine. One day a young man who came from the tribe of Levi came past. This young man had left his own home and was looking for a place to establish himself. Micah asked him where he came from and then asked him to stay at his place. After all, it was much more prestigious to have a Levite for a priest than just another ordinary citizen even though it was his own son. They established and employment contract and the young man stayed there. Micah was self satisfied. He was in even a better position now and no one could stop him.
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