Judges 17:13
And Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Micah.
Cross References
Judges 18:24And Micah said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what is this that ye say to me, Why criest thou?
Isaiah 44:20Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is 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 →