Judges 17:13

and he said, Now I know, that God shall do well to me, having a priest of the kin of Levi. (and he said, Now I know that God shall make things go well for me, for I have my own priest of the tribe of Levi.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

12And Micah filled his hand (or And Micah consecrated, or dedicated, him), and he had the young man (become his) priest, (and abide, or dwell), with him,

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Cross References

Judges 18:24Which answered, Ye have taken away my gods, which I made to me, and the priest, and what dwelleth over? and ye say, What is (it) to thee? (And Micah answered, Ye have taken away my gods, which I had made for me, and my priest, and now what do I have left? and ye say, What is the matter with thee?)

Isaiah 44:20A part thereof is ashes; an unwise heart shall worship it, and he shall not deliver his soul, neither he shall say, A strong leasing is in my right hand. (A part of it is ashes; and an unwise heart shall worship it, but it shall not save his soul, nor shall he say, Only a big lie, or a great falsehood, is in my right hand.)

Matthew 15:9and they worship me without cause, [or truly they worship me without cause], (or and they worship me for no good reason, or in vain), (while) teaching the doctrines and the commandments of men.

John 16:2They shall make you without the synagogues, but the hour cometh, that each man that slayeth you, deem that he doeth service to God. (They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the time cometh, when each man who killeth you, shall think that he doeth a service to God.)

Romans 10:2But I bear witnessing to them, that they have the love of God, but not after cunning (or knowing). (For I can testify about them, that they have the love of God, but it is not based on true 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 →

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