Judges 17:10
And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the + 17:10 Heb. ימיס (year of) days.year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.
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Genesis 45:8Now then ye did not send me hither, but God; and he hath made me as a father of Pharao, and lord of all his house, and ruler of all the land of Egypt.
Judges 18:4And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, + 2:36 Alex. + 'and for a piece of bread.'saying, + 2:36 Gr. cast.Put me into one of thy priests' offices to eat bread.
2 Kings 6:21And the king of Israel said to Elisaie, when he saw them, Shall I not verily smite them, my father?
2 Kings 13:14Now Elisaie was sick of his sickness, whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof!
Isaiah 22:21and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
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 →