Hakim-hakim 17:13

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu kata Mikha: "Sekarang tahulah aku, bahwa TUHAN akan berbuat baik kepadaku, karena ada seorang Lewi menjadi imamku."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu kata Mikha: "Sekarang tahulah aku, bahwa TUHAN akan berbuat baik kepadaku, karena ada seorang Lewi menjadi imamku."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Setelah itu maka kata Mikha: Sekarang kuketahui akan hal Tuhan hendak berbuat baik akan daku, sebab orang Lewi ini telah menjadi imam bagiku.

Contextual Overview

⁷ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda, of the kynred of Iuda, which young man was a Leuite, & soiourned there. ⁸ And the man departed out of the citie of Bethlehem Iuda, to go dwell where he coulde fynde [a conuenient place]: And he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah as he iourneyed. ⁹ And Micah sayde vnto him: Whence comest thou? The Leuite aunswered hym: I am of Bethlehem Iuda, and go to dwell where I may fynde [a place]. ¹⁰ And Micah sayde agayne vnto hym: Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a prieste, and I will geue thee ten syluerlynges by yere, two garmentes, and thy meate and dryncke. So the Leuite went in. ¹¹ And ye Leuite was content to dwell with the man, and was vnto hym as one of his owne sonnes. ¹² And Micah consecrated the Leuite, & the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. ¹³ Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.

Bible Verse Review
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Proverbs 14:12, Isaiah 44:20, Isaiah 66:3, Isaiah 66:4, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 15:13, John 16:2, Acts 26:9, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3

Reciprocal: Judges 17:3 - I had wholly Judges 18:5 - of God Judges 18:24 - what have 2 Kings 17:27 - one of the priests Proverbs 30:12 - that are Isaiah 5:18 - draw Isaiah 48:2 - and stay

Cross-References

Genesis 14:14
When Abram hearde that his brother was taken, he armed his exercised [seruauntes] whiche were borne in his owne house, three hundreth & eyghteen, and folowed on them vntyll Dan.

Genesis 15:3
And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire.

Genesis 37:27
Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

Genesis 37:36
And the Madianites solde hym in Egypt vnto Putiphar, chiefe officer of Pharaos, and his chiefe stewarde.

Genesis 39:1
Ioseph was brought vnto Egypt, and Putiphar, a Lorde of Pharaos, and his chiefe stewarde, an Egyptian, bought hym of the Ismaelites, whiche had brought hym thyther.

Exodus 12:44
But euery seruaunt that is bought for money, after that thou hast circumcised hym, shall eate therof.

Exodus 21:2
If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free [paying] nothyng.

Exodus 21:4
And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

Exodus 21:16
He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he be proued vppon hym, shalbe slayne for it.

Nehemiah 5:5
And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Micah,.... Within himself, pleased with what he had done, and with what he engaged in:

now know I that the Lord will do me good; that I shall enjoy his favour, be a happy man, and prosper; and by this it appears, that notwithstanding the idolatry he had fallen into, he had not utterly forsaken the Lord, but worshipped him in and by his images; there was a mixture of the worship of God, and of the worship of images:

seeing I have a Levite to my priest; who was of the same tribe the priests were, and so the nearest to them of any, and which he thought would be acceptable to God, and an omen of good to himself.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This shows the ignorance as well as the superstition of the age (compare 2 Kings 18:22), and gives a picture of the lawlessness of the times. The incidental testimony to the Levitical priesthood is to be noted; but the idolatrous worship in the immediate neighborhood of Shiloh is passing strange.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 17:13. Now know I that the Lord will do me good — As he had already provided an epitome of the tabernacle, a model of the ark, mercy-seat, and cherubim; and had got proper sacerdotal vestments, and a Levite to officiate; he took for granted that all was right, and that he should now have the benediction of God. Some think that he expected great gain from the concourse of the people to his temple; but of this there is no evidence in the text. Micah appears to have been perfectly sincere in all that he did.

I HAVE already remarked that there is no positive evidence that Micah or his mother intended to establish any idolatrous worship. Though they acted without any Divine command in what they did; yet they appear, not only to have been perfectly sincere, but also perfectly disinterested. They put themselves to considerable expense to erect this place of worship, and to maintain, at their own proper charges, a priest to officiate there; and without this the place, in all probability, would have been destitute of the worship and knowledge of the true God. His sincerity, disinterestedness, and attachment to the worship of the God of his fathers, are farther seen in the joy which he expressed on finding a Levite who might legally officiate in his house. It is true, he had not a Divine warrant for what he did; but the state of the land, the profligacy of his countrymen, his distance from Shiloh, &c., considered, he appears to deserve more praise than blame, though of the latter he has received a most liberal share from every quarter. This proceeds from that often-noticed propensity in man to take every thing which concerns the character of another by the worst handle. It cannot be considered any particular crime, should these notes be found at any time leaning to the other side.