Judges 17:13
and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”
Literal Standard 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
Cross References
Judges 18:24And he says, “You have taken my gods which I made, and the priest, and you go; and what more do I [have]? And what [is] this you say to me, What [is this] to you?”
Isaiah 44:20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, || It has turned him aside, || And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Matthew 15:9and in vain they worship Me, teaching teachings—commands of men.”
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour comes that everyone who has killed you may think to offer service to God;
Romans 10:2for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according 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 →