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Judges 17:12

Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jonathan;   Minister, Christian;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Judges;   Teraphim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethlehem;   Israel;   Levi;   Micah, Micaiah;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hand ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Micah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'mon;   Mi'cah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hand;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethlehem;   Consecrate;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Ezekiel;   Israel, History of the People;   Israel, Religion of;   Jonathan (1);   Judges, Period of;   Micah (1);   Priests and Levites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anointing;   Priest;   Sacrifice;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for August 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
Hebrew Names Version
Mikhah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his Kohen, and was in the house of Mikhah.
King James Version
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Lexham English Bible
So Micah appointed the Levite, and the young man became a priest for him; and he was in the house of Micah.
English Standard Version
And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
New Century Version
Micah made him a priest, and he lived in Micah's house.
Amplified Bible
So Micah dedicated (installed) the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.
New American Standard Bible
So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Michah consecrated the Leuite, and the yong man was his Priest, and was in the house of Michah.
Legacy Standard Bible
En Miga het die Leviet aangestel, sodat die jongman sy priester geword het, en hy was in die huis van Miga.
Complete Jewish Bible
After Mikhah consecrated the Levi, the young man became his cohen and stayed there in Mikhah's house.
Darby Translation
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Micah chose him to be his priest. So the young man became a priest and lived in Micah's house.
George Lamsa Translation
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and he became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Good News Translation
Micah appointed him as his priest, and he lived in Micah's home.
Literal Translation
And Micah consecrated the hand of the Levite and the young man was a priest to him; and he was in Micah's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Micha fylled the Leuites hande, that he mighte be his prest, and so he was in Michas house.
American Standard Version
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Bible in Basic English
And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Micah consecrated the Leuite, & the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
King James Version (1611)
And Micah consecrated the Leuite, and the young man became his Priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
English Revised Version
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Berean Standard Bible
Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Mycha fillide his hond, and hadde the child preest at hym,
Young's Literal Translation
And 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,
Update Bible Version
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
World English Bible
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
New King James Version
So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.
New Living Translation
So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house.
New Life Bible
So Micah set apart the Levite. The young man became his religious leader and lived in Micah's house.
New Revised Standard
So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, - and remained in the house of Micah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him for his priest, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.

Contextual Overview

7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. 8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah's house. 9 Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live." 10 Micah said to him, "Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food." 11 So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. 12 Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house. 13 Micah said, "Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

consecrated: Judges 17:5

his priest: Judges 18:30, Numbers 16:5, Numbers 16:8-10, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34

Cross-References

Genesis 17:22
When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
Genesis 17:23
Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
Genesis 21:4
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.
Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
Luke 1:59
On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
Luke 2:21
At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Romans 2:28
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
Philippians 3:5
I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Micah consecrated the Levite,.... Installed him into, and invested him with the priestly office; in like manner he had consecrated his son before, by filling his hand with sacrifices; see

Judges 17:5

and the young man became his priest; and did the work and office of one; this was a very daring piece of presumption in them both; in Micah, to take upon him to consecrate a priest, who was himself of the tribe of Ephraim; and in the young man, to suffer himself to be put into such an office, which did not belong to him, for though every priest was a Levite, or of the tribe of Levi, yet every Levite had not a right to be a priest, only those who were of the family of Aaron:

and was in the house of Micah; and continued there.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 17:12. Micah consecrated the Levite — וימלא את יד vayemalle eth yad, he filled his hands, i.e., he gave him an offering to present before the Lord, that he might be accepted by him. He appointed him to be priest; God was to accept and consecrate him; and for this purpose he filled his hand; i.e., furnished him with the proper offering which he was to present on his inauguration.


 
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