Judges 17:12

Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Majority Standard Bible

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 agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.

13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

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Cross References

Numbers 16:5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.

Judges 18:4“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

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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