Judges 18:4

And he saith unto them, 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

3They [are] with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, 'Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this [place?] and what to thee here?'

5And they say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

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Cross References

Judges 17:12And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

Isaiah 56:11And the dogs [are] strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they [are] shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:

Hosea 4:8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

John 10:12and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

Acts 20:33'The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;

Titus 1:11whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.

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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