Judges 17:13

Then said Micah, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have obtained a Levite for priest.

Leeser Tanakh

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 Levite; and the young man became his priest, and remained in the house of Micah.

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Cross References

Judges 18:24And he said, My god which I made have ye taken away, and the priest, and are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

Isaiah 44:20He pursueth ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, and will not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

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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