Judges 17:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Micah said to him, 'Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living expenses.' The Levite agreed to stay.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (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 shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Micah{H4318} said{H559} unto him, Dwell{H3427} with me, and be unto me a father{H1} and a priest,{H3548} and I will give{H5414} thee ten{H6235} [pieces] of silver{H3701} by the year,{H3117} and a suit{H6187} of apparel,{H899} and thy victuals.{H4241} So the Levite{H3881} went in.{H3212}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Micah{H4318} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Dwell{H3427}{(H8798)} with me, and be unto me a father{H1} and a priest{H3548}, and I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee ten{H6235} shekels of silver{H3701} by the year{H3117}, and a suit{H6187} of apparel{H899}, and thy victuals{H4241}. So the Levite{H3881} went in{H3212}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Micha sayde vnto him: Tary with me, thou shalt be my father and my prest, I will geue the euery yeare ten syluerlinges and thy appoynted raymet, and meate and drynke: and the Leuite wete on.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Michah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by yeere, and a sute of apparell, and thy meate and drinke. So the Leuite went in.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Micah sayde agayne vnto hym: Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a prieste, and I will geue thee ten syluerlynges by yere, two garmentes, and thy meate and dryncke. So the Leuite went in.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:8 : 8 So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.
  • Judg 17:11 : 11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his own sons.
  • Judg 18:19-20 : 19 They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?' 20 The priest was glad in his heart. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved image and went along with the people.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?"
  • 2 Kgs 8:8-9 : 8 The king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 9 Hazael went to meet him, taking a gift in his hand that included all the finest products of Damascus, loaded on forty camels. When he came, he stood before him and said, "Your son, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die. Joash king of Israel came down to him, wept over him, and said, 'My father, my father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!'
  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know.
  • Isa 22:21 : 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I will entrust him with your authority, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not live.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him.
  • John 12:6 : 6 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the money box and would steal from what was put into it.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 17:11-13
    3 verses
    86%

    11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his own sons.

    12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.

    13 Then Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest.'

  • Judg 17:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family of Judah. He was a Levite, and he was residing there temporarily.

    8 The man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to find a place to stay. He traveled until he reached the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house as part of his journey.

    9 Micah asked him, 'Where are you coming from?' He replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place to stay.'

  • Judg 18:2-5
    4 verses
    84%

    2 The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

    3 As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'

    4 He said to them, 'Micah did such and such for me. He hired me, and I became his priest.'

    5 They said to him, 'Please inquire of God so that we may know whether our journey will be successful.'

  • Judg 18:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 When they entered Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, the priest said to them, 'What are you doing?'

    19 They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?'

    20 The priest was glad in his heart. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved image and went along with the people.

  • Judg 17:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1 There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

    2 He said to his mother, 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—look, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said, 'May the LORD bless my son!'

    3 Then he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, 'I hereby consecrate this silver to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will now return it to you.'

    4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house.

    5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and he consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 From there they continued on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at Micah's house.

    14 Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, 'Do you know that in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast idol? Now think about what you should do.'

    15 So they turned aside there and went to the house of the young Levite, at Micah's house, and asked him how he was doing.

  • Deut 10:9
    71%

    9 That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Deut 14:27
    70%

    27 And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Neh 10:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37 We agreed to bring the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.

    38 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of all our trees, our new wine, and oil to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God. Additionally, we will bring a tithe of our land to the Levites, for they collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

  • 1 Sam 2:36
    69%

    36 Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’

  • Num 16:10
    69%

    10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to Him, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well!

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 I said to them, 'If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.' So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.

    13 Then the LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—the splendid price at which they valued me!' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.

  • Deut 18:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 If a Levite comes from any of your towns anywhere in Israel where he resides, and he desires with all his heart to go to the place that the LORD chooses,

    7 then he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there before the LORD.

  • Num 18:21
    67%

    21 To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 18:6
    67%

    6 I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 18:2
    67%

    2 Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

  • Heb 7:9
    66%

    9 And to say it another way, Levi, who collects tithes, also paid tithes through Abraham.

  • Judg 19:18
    66%

    18 The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • Lev 27:8
    66%

    8 If someone is too poor to pay the valuation, they shall present the individual before the priest, and the priest shall assess the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

  • Deut 14:29
    66%

    29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Judg 18:24
    66%

    24 Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'

  • Judg 18:27
    66%

    27 The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire.

  • Heb 7:5
    66%

    5 Now the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood are commanded by the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—even though they too are descendants of Abraham.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    66%

    15 Then the prophet said to him, 'Come home with me and eat some food.'

  • Jer 26:17
    66%

    17 And some of the elders of the land stood up and spoke to the whole assembly of the people, saying:

  • Deut 18:3
    65%

    3 This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice: whether ox or sheep, they are to give the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

  • Gen 30:28
    65%

    28 He continued, 'Name your wages, and I will pay them.'

  • Num 3:6
    65%

    6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may assist him.

  • Deut 26:11
    65%

    11 Then you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household—you, the Levite, and the foreigner residing among you.

  • Judg 19:20
    65%

    20 The old man said, "Peace to you! Let me take care of all your needs, but do not spend the night in the square."

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    65%

    15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’