Judges 17:11
And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.
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- Judg 17:7-104 verses86%
7Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.
8And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
9And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.
10Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.
- Judg 17:12-132 verses86%
12And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
- Judg 18:3-42 verses77%
3When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?
4And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.
- Judg 17:1-55 verses75%
1Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
2And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
3And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.
4So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.
5And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.
- Judg 18:13-153 verses75%
13From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
14Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.
15And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?
- Judg 18:18-203 verses73%
18And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?
19And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
20Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
- Deut 18:5-73 verses72%
5For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.
6And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;
7Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.
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27And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.
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9For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.)
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1Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
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4Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.
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11And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.
- Judg 19:6-72 verses69%
6So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.
7And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.
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9And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.
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6Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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11Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
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2Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.
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36And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
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4And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.
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11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
- Judg 19:20-212 verses68%
20And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.
21So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
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22And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.
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10Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
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34And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.
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17And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
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19See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.
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16But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;
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32And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.
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11Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
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13And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
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11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
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1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
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15And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.