KJV King James Version
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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Judges 17:10
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
WEB World English Bible
Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
ASV American Standard Version
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Micah saith to him, ‘Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;’ and the Levite goeth in.
Surrounding context — Judges 17
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.
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וַיֹּאמֶר֩H559 · a.marto sayל֨וֹH9033 · ohimמִיכָ֜הH4318 · mi.khahMicahשְׁבָ֣הH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעִמָּדִ֗יH5978 · im.madwith meוֶֽהְיֵה־H1961 · ha.yahto beלִי֮H9030 · nimeלְאָ֣בH1 · avfatherוּלְכֹהֵן֒H3548 · ko.henpriestוְאָנֹכִ֨יH595 · a.no.khiIאֶֽתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְךָ֜H9031 · kayouעֲשֶׂ֤רֶתH6235 · e.sertenכֶּ֙סֶף֙H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyלַיָּמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayוְעֵ֥רֶךְH6187 · e.rekhvaluationבְּגָדִ֖יםH899 · be.gedtreacheryוּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָH4241 · mich.yahrecoveryוַיֵּ֖לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהַלֵּוִֽי׃H3881 · le.viy.yiLevi
Cross-references
1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.Isaiah 22:21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.Ezekiel 13:19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?2 Kings 6:21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?Judges 17:11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.Matthew 26:15And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.Job 29:16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.2 Kings 8:8-9And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?Genesis 45:8So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.Judges 18:19-20And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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