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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.

And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.

And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time,—four months.

And her husband rose up and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again; and his servant was with him, and a couple of asses. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet him.

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Refresh thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye may go your way.

And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening—I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.

But the man would not tarry the night; and he rose up and departed, and came opposite to Jebus, that is, Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.

They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

But his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of a stranger, which is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.

And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

And they turned aside thither, to go in, to lodge in Gibeah. And he went in, and sat down in the open place of the city; and there was no one that received him into his house to pass the night.

And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

And he said to him, We are travelling from Bethlehem-Judah towards the further side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I; and I went to Bethlehem-Judah, and I have to do with the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that receives me into his house.

And he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.