Judges 17:12

And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.

13saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”

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Cross References

Numbers 16:5And speaking to Korah, and to the entire multitude, he said: “In the morning, the Lord will cause it to be known who belongs to him, and which holy ones he will join to himself. And whomever he will choose, they shall be close to him.

Judges 18:4And he answered them, “Micah has offered me one thing and another, and he has paid me wages, so that I may be his priest.”

1 Kings 12:31And he made shrines on the high places, and he made priests out of the lowest people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:8-13

7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest,… Read the whole commentary →

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