 The mother then consecrated the money to Yahweh for the purpose of creating a carved image and silver idol, and she gave 200 shekels to a silversmith who made them into a carved image and an idol.These were placed in a shrine in Micah's house, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons as a priest.A young Levite, from Bethlehem in Judah, who lived near Micah (some translations render the underlying Hebrew term as "sojourning", though it literally means "resident alien") and was wandering the land, passed Micah's house, and so Micah asked him to be his priest, in return for 10 silver shekels a year, clothes, and food, to which the Levite agreed.