Judges 17:12

And Micah consecrates the hand of the Levite, and the young man is for a priest to him, and he is in the house of Micah,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

In Context

11And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

13and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”

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Cross References

Numbers 16:5and he speaks to Korah and to all his congregation, saying, “Indeed, [in the] morning YHWH may cause [you] to know those who are His and him who is holy, and has brought [him] near to Him; even him whom He fixes on He brings near to Him.

Judges 18:4And he says to them, “Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he hires me, and I am for a priest to him.”

1 Kings 12:31And he makes the house of high places, and makes priests from the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

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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