Richteren 17:10

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Micha zeide tot hem: Blijf bij mij en wees mij tot vader en priester; ik zal u jaarlijks tien zilverlingen, een stel klederen en den kost geven.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En Micha sprak tot hem: Blijf bij mij, gij zult mijn vader en mijn priester zijn; ik zal u jaarlijks tien zilverlingen en de nodige klederen en uw voedsel geven. En de Leviet ging met hem.

Staten Vertaling
Toen zeide Micha tot hem: Blijf bij mij, en wees mij tot een vader en tot een priester; en ik zal u jaarlijks geven tien zilverlingen, en orde van klederen, en uw leeftocht; alzo ging de Leviet met hem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a father: Judges 17:11, Judges 18:19, Genesis 45:8, 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 13:14, Job 29:16, Isaiah 22:21

I will give: Judges 18:20, 1 Samuel 2:36, Ezekiel 13:19, Matthew 26:15, John 12:6, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Peter 5:2

a suit of apparel: or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order of garments

Reciprocal: Judges 18:4 - hired me

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Micah said unto him, dwell with me,.... Hearing that he was a Levite, he thought him a fit man for his purpose, and would give some credit to, and put a better face upon his new form of worship, and therefore, without further inquiry after him and his character, invites him to make his abode with him:

and be unto me a father and a priest; a father to instruct him in the knowledge of divine things; so prophets were called fathers, and their disciples their sons; and a priest to offer sacrifices for him, and to consult before him by his teraphim upon occasion:

and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year; or yearly, which was but a small sum, a poor salary for a priest, at most amounting but to twenty five shillings, and scarce so much:

and a suit of apparel; or "an order of apparel" m; such as was fit for one of his rank and order as a priest to wear, so Jarchi and Abarbinel; or a couple of garments, as the Targum and Septuagint, a double suit of apparel, according to the order of the season, one for summer and another for winter, as Kimchi and Ben Melech:

and thy victuals; his meat and drink:

so thy Levite went in; into his house, and it looks as if the parley was made, and the bargain struck at the door, Micah being at it as the Levite passed by, or came to it upon his knocking at it; he went after his counsel and advice, as Jarchi, or to do his business, as Kimchi.

m ערך בגדים "irdinem vestimentorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Muuster, Vatablus; "demensum vestimentorum", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ten shekels - About 25 shillings to 26 shillings (see Exodus 38:24).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 17:10. Be unto me a father and a priest — Thou shalt be master of my house, as if thou wert my father; and, as priest, thou shalt appear in the presence of God for me. The term father is often used to express honour and reverence.

Ten shekels of silver — About thirty shillings per annum, with board, lodging, and clothes. Very good wages in those early times.