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.”
And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
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.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Related Verses
“And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.”
“Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.”
“And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.”
“And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.”
“And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”