Judges 17:13
Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.
Bible (Bishops')
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 Micah consecrated the Leuite, & the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Cross References
Judges 18:24And he sayd: Ye haue taken away my goddes which I made, and also ye priest, and go your wayes: and what haue I more? How then saye ye vnto me, What ayleth thee?
Isaiah 44:20Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?
Matthew 15:9But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men.
Romans 10:2For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng 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 →