Judges 17:13
Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
In Context
12And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying:
Cross References
Judges 18:24And he answered: You have taken away my gods which I have made me and the priest, and all that I have, and do you say: What aileth thee?
Isaiah 44:20Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
Matthew 15:9And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God.
Romans 10:2For I bear them witness, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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 →