Judges 17:13

Then said Michah, Now I have da'as that Hashem will do me good, seeing I have a Levi as my kohen.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Michah ordained + 17:12 literally, filled the hands of, consecrated, appointed as his own priest the Levi; and the na'ar became his kohen, and was in the bais Mikhay'hu.

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Cross References

Judges 18:24And he said, Ye have taken away my g-ds which I made, and the kohen, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? And what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on efer (ash); a lev hutal (a heart deceived, a deluded mind) hath led him astray, that he cannot save his nefesh, nor say: Is there not sheker (a lie, a fraud) in my yamin (right hand)? 1

Matthew 15:9VATEHI YIRATAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMADAH + 15:9 Isa 29:13 (and in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of [mere] men).

John 16:2They will put you under the cherem ban in the shuls. A sha'ah (hour, time) is coming when everyone who kills you will suppose they are offering avodas kodesh to Hashem. + 16:2 Isa 66:5

Romans 10:2For I can be meid (provide testimony, attest) regarding them that they have a kinat Hashem (zeal for G-d), but not in accordance with saving binah and da'as.

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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