Parallel Verses English Standard Version And he said to them, “This is how Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.” King James Bible And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. American Standard Version And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest. Douay-Rheims Bible He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest. English Revised Version And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest. Webster's Bible Translation And he said to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. Judges 18:4 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentMicah made this proposal to the Levite: "Dwell with me, and become my father and priest; I will give thee ten shekels of silver yearly, and fitting out with clothes and maintenance." אב, father, is an honourable title give to a priest as a paternal friend and spiritual adviser, and is also used with reference to prophets in 2 Kings 6:21 and 2 Kings 13:14, and applied to Joseph in Genesis 45:8. ליּמים, for the days, sc., for which a person was engaged, i.e., for the year (cf. 1 Samuel 27:7, and Leviticus 25:29). "And the Levite went," i.e., went to Micah's house. This meaning is evident from the context. The repetition of the subject, "the Levite," precludes our connecting it with the following verb ויּואל. - In Judges 17:11-13 the result is summed up. The Levite resolved (see at Deuteronomy 1:5) to dwell with Micah, who treated him as one of his sons, and entrusted him with the priesthood at his house of God. And Micah rejoiced that he had got a Levite as priest, and said, "Now I know that Jehovah will prosper me." This belief, or, to speak more correctly, superstition, for which Micah was very speedily to atone, proves that at that time the tribe of Levi held the position assigned it in the law of Moses; that is to say, that it was regarded as the tribe elected by God for the performance of divine worship. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge hired me Hosea 4:8,9 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity... Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Cross References Judges 17:12 And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Judges 18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?" Judges 18:5 And they said to him, "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed." Jump to Previous Dealeth Dealt Hired Hireth Micah Payment PriestJump to Next Dealeth Dealt Hired Hireth Micah Payment PriestLinks Judges 18:4 NIVJudges 18:4 NLT Judges 18:4 ESV Judges 18:4 NASB Judges 18:4 KJV Judges 18:4 Bible Apps Judges 18:4 Biblia Paralela Judges 18:4 Chinese Bible Judges 18:4 French Bible Judges 18:4 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |