Micah's hired priest

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Judg 17:7: And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Judg 17:8: 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.
Judg 17:9: 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.
Judg 17:10: 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.
Judg 17:11: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Judg 17:12: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Judg 17:13: Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.