Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
World Messianic 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
12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Cross References
Judges 18:24He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Matthew 15:9And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers 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 →