Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
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- Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
- Isa 44:20 : 20 As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.
- Isa 66:3-4 : 3 He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things; 4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.
- Matt 15:9 : 9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
- Matt 15:13 : 13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
- John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
- Acts 26:9 : 9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge. 3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
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- Judg 17:1-1212 verses88%
1 Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
2 And 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.
3 And 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.
4 So 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.
5 And 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.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
7 Now 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.
8 And 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.
9 And 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.
10 Then 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.
11 And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
- Judg 18:3-64 verses84%
3 When 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?
4 And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.
5 Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.
- Judg 18:13-153 verses71%
13 From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
14 Then 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.
15 And 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 verses71%
18 And 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?
19 And 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?
20 Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
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4 And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Levi, says the Lord of armies.
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17 Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,
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35 And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
- Deut 18:6-72 verses68%
6 And 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;
7 Then 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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10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;
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1 The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.
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10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
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17 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
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26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:
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13 And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
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14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
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18 And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.
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21 And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.
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14 And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
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27 And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.
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11 Then 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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6 Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,
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16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
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20 Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the worshippers of the Lord give him praise.
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16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
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11 And 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.
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6 Now, 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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7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
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17 Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.
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9 For 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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18 And the priests and the Levites will never be without a man to come before me, offering burned offerings and perfumes and meal offerings and offerings of beasts at all times.
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19 And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.