Judges 17:13
“I'm sure the Lord will bless me now, because I have a Levite as my priest,” Micah concluded.
Free Bible Version
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
12Micah ordained the Levite as his own priest and he lived in Micah's house.
Cross References
Judges 18:24“You stole the gods I made, and my priest too, and then left. What have you left me with? How can you ask me, ‘What's the matter with you?’”
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, seduced by the deceptive thinking of his mind. He can't save himself, and he doesn't even ask, “Isn't this idol I'm holding just a lie?”
Matthew 15:9Their worship of me is pointless. What they teach are just man-made requirements.’”
John 16:2They will expel you from the synagogues—in fact the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.
Romans 10:2I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it's not based on knowing him as he truly is.
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 →