Judges 17:10

And Micah said unto him—Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and, I, will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy sustenance. So the Levite went.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

In Context

9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him—A Levite, am I, from Bethlehem-judah, and, I, am taking my journey to sojourn, wheresoever I can find [a home].

11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man,—and the young man became to him, as one of his sons.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:8Now, therefore it was not ye, who sent me hither, but, God, himself,—who also appointed me to be a father to Pharaoh, and a lord to all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Judges 18:4And he said unto them, Thus and so, hath Micah dealt with me, and hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

1 Samuel 2:36And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

2 Kings 6:21Then said the king of Israel unto Elisha, when he saw them,—Shall I smite—shall I smite, my father?

2 Kings 13:14Now, Elisha, had fallen sick of his sickness whereof he was about to die,—so then Joash king of Israel came down unto him, and wept upon his face, and said, My father! my father! The chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

Isaiah 22:21And will clothe him with thy tunic And with thy girdle, will I gird him, And thine authority, will I deliver into his hand,—So shall he become a father To the inhabitant of Jerusalem and To the house of Judah.

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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