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New Living Translation

Judges 17:12

So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he 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.
New English Translation
Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and 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 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 One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area. 8 He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through. 9 "Where are you from?" Micah asked him. He replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live." 10 "Stay here with me," Micah said, "and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food." 11 The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah's sons. 12 So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house. 13 "I know the Lord will bless me now," Micah said, "because I have a Levite serving 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 God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
Genesis 17:23
On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.
Genesis 21:4
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.
Luke 1:59
When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.
Luke 2:21
Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.
Acts 7:8
"God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.
Romans 2:28
For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.
Philippians 3:5
I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.

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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