Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good for me, because this Levite has become my priest.”
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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.
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Cross References
Judges 18:24He said, “You stole the gods that I made, you have taken my priest, and you are leaving. What else do I have left? How can you ask me, 'What is bothering you?'”
Isaiah 44:20It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, “This thing in my right hand is a false god.” 1
Matthew 15:9They worship me in vain, 1 because they teach as their doctrines the commandments of people.'”
John 16:2They will throw you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.
Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for 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 →