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Judges 18:4

He said to them, “This is what Micah has done for me: He has hired me to become his priest.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

In Context

3When they were near Micah's house, they recognized the speech of the young Levite. So they stopped and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

5They said to him, “Please seek the advice of God, so we may know whether the journey we are going on will be successful.”

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Cross References

Judges 17:12Micah set apart the Levite for sacred duties, and the young man became his priest, and was in Micah's house.

Isaiah 56:11The dogs have big appetites; they can never get enough; 1 they are shepherds without discernment; 1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. 1

Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people; 1 they are greedy for more of their wickedness. 1

John 10:12The hired servant is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them.

Acts 20:33I coveted no man's silver, gold, or clothing.

Titus 1:11It is necessary to stop them. They are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful profit what they should not teach.

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:2-7

The Expedition of the Danites. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the… Read the whole commentary →

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