Israel was descending into madness, right and wrong went out the door, and everyone did what they wanted. From the hill country of Ephraim, an Israelite named Micah stole silver from his mother. But when he returned it, his mother made him an idol out of it, and it became one of his household gods. One day, a Levite, who was not content serving in the tabernacle, decided to look for work elsewhere and Micah, seeing him wandering, appointed him as the priest of his house, thinking that God would bless him for this. But God will not bless foolishness just because we place his name on it. So Micah ended up losing the Levite and his idols. And their sin became the sin of an entire tribe.