Judges 17:12
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
Cross References
Numbers 16:5He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
Judges 18:4He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
1 Kings 12:31He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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 →