Judges 17:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Micah consecrated the Leuite, & the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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  • Judg 18:30 : 30 And the chyldren of Dan set them vp the grauen image: And Ionathan the sonne of Gersom, the sonne of Manasses, and his sonnes, were the priestes in the tribe of Dan, vntyl the day of the captiuitie of the lande.
  • 1 Kgs 12:31 : 31 And he made an house of hill aulters, and made priestes of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.
  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 Howbeit, for all that Ieroboam conuerted not from his wicked way: but turned backe, and made of the lowest of the people priestes of the hie places: And who so pleased him, he filled his hand, and he became priest of the hie places. 34 And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to destroy him, and to bring him to naught from of the face of the earth.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company, saying: Tomorowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his, who is holy, and who ought to approche nye vnto hym: and whom he hath chosen, he will cause to come neare vnto hym.
  • Num 16:8-9 : 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah: Heare I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui, 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you, that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel, and brought you to hym selfe, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde, and to stande before the multitude, and to minister vnto them? 10 He hath taken thee to hym, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee: and seeke ye the office of the priest also?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 17:13
    88%

    13Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.

  • Judg 18:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3And when they were in the house of Micah, they knewe the voyce of the young man the Leuite: And when they turned in thyther, they sayde vnto him: Who brought thee thyther? What makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

    4And he aunswered them: Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hyred me, and I am become his priest.

  • Judg 17:1-11
    11 verses
    86%

    1There was a man of mount Ephraim, named Micah.

    2And he sayde vnto his mother: The seuen hundred siluerlynges that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest it in myne eares, behold the syluer is with me, I toke it away. And his mother sayd: Blessed be thou my sonne, in the Lorde.

    3And when he had restored the leuen hundreth syluerlynges to his mother, his mother sayde: I had dedicated the syluer vnto the Lorde of myne hande for thee my sonne, that thou shouldest make a grauen and moulten image: Now therfore I will geue it thee agayne.

    4And when he restored the money vnto his mother, his mother toke two hundreth syluerlynges, and gaue them the founder, which made therof a grauen moulten image, and it was in the house of Micah.

    5And the man Micah had an house of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, which became his prieste.

    6In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel, but euery man dyd that which was good in his owne eyes.

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda, of the kynred of Iuda, which young man was a Leuite, & soiourned there.

    8And the man departed out of the citie of Bethlehem Iuda, to go dwell where he coulde fynde a conuenient place: And he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah as he iourneyed.

    9And Micah sayde vnto him: Whence comest thou? The Leuite aunswered hym: I am of Bethlehem Iuda, and go to dwell where I may fynde a place.

    10And 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.

    11And ye Leuite was content to dwell with the man, and was vnto hym as one of his owne sonnes.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, & came vnto the house of Micah.

    14Then aunswered the fiue men that went to spye out the countrey of Lais, and saide vnto their brethren: Wot ye not that there is in these houses an Ephod, Theraphim, and a grauen and a moulten image? Nowe therfore consider what ye haue to do.

    15And they turned thytherwarde, and came to the house of the young man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Micah, and saluted hym peaceablie.

  • Judg 18:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18Whyle the other went into Micahs house, and fet the carued image, the Ephod, Theraphim, and the moulten image: Then saide the priest vnto them, what do ye?

    19They aunswered hym: Holde thy peace, lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest vnto the house of one man, then to be a priest vnto a tribe or kynred in Israel?

    20And the priestes hearte was glad, and toke the Ephod, and Theraphim, and the grauen image, and went in the middest of the people.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    71%

    11And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad dyd minister vnto the Lorde before Eli the priest.

  • Deut 18:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5For the Lorde thy God hath chosen hym out of all thy tribes, to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde, he and his sonnes for euer.

    6If a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of all Israel, where he is a soiourner, and come with all the lust of his heart vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen:

    7He shall minister in the name of the Lorde his God, as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the Lorde.

  • Num 3:6
    70%

    6Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym:

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
    69%

    31And he made an house of hill aulters, and made priestes of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sonnes of Leui.

  • Num 18:6
    69%

    6Beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel, which as a gyft of yours are geuen vnto the Lorde, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 8:22
    69%

    22After that, went the Leuites in, to do their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sonnes: as the Lorde had comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so they dyd vnto them.

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    69%

    35And I wyll stirre me vp a faythfull priest, yt shall do according to my heart and minde, and I wil builde him a sure house, and he shall walke before mine annoynted for euer.

  • Judg 18:31
    69%

    31And they set them vp the carued image which Micah made, all the while that the house of God was in Silo.

  • Num 16:10
    69%

    10He hath taken thee to hym, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee: and seeke ye the office of the priest also?

  • Jer 26:17
    68%

    17The elders also of the lande stoode vp, and sayde thus vnto all the people.

  • Judg 18:27
    68%

    27And they toke the thinges which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came vnto Lais, euen vnto a people that were at rest and without mystrust, and smote them with the edge of the sword, & burnt the citie with fire.

  • Neh 10:38
    68%

    38And the priest the sonne of Aaron shalbe with the Leuites when the Leuites take tythes: so that the Leuites shall bring vp the tythes of their tythes vnto the house of our God, to the store houses and to the treasure houses.

  • 2 Chr 13:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9And haue ye not cast out the priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites, and haue made you priestes after the maner of the nations of other landes? so that whosoeuer commeth & consecrateth his hande with a young oxe and seuen rammes, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

    10But we belong vnto the Lorde our God whom we haue not forsaken, and the priestes are the sonnes of Aaron which minister vnto the Lorde, and the Leuites wayte vpon their office.

  • Num 8:15
    68%

    15After that, shall the Leuites go in, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation: And thou shalt cleanse them, & waue them for a waue offering:

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    68%

    14So the priestes and the Leuites sanctified them selues, to fet the arke of the Lorde God of Israel.

  • Num 3:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

    12Beholde, I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine.

  • Heb 8:2
    67%

    2A minister of holy thynges, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pight, and not man.

  • Num 8:20
    67%

    20And Moyses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, dyd with the Leuites: accordyng vnto all that the Lorde comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so did the children of Israel vnto them.

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui, to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and to stande before the Lorde, and to minister vnto hym, and to blesse in his name vnto this day.

    9Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren: but the Lorde is their inheritaunce, as the Lorde thy God hath promised them.

  • Exod 2:1
    67%

    1And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui.

  • Lev 16:32
    67%

    32And the priest whom he shal annoynt, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in his fathers steade, shal make the attonement, and shall put on the linnen clothes, and holy vestmentes.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    67%

    6But there shal none come into the house of the Lorde, saue the priestes and they that minister vnto the Leuites, they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shal kepe the watch of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    67%

    12And saide vnto them: Ye that are the principall fathers of the Leuites, see that ye be holy with your brethren, that ye may bring in the arke of the Lorde God of Israel vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.

  • Lev 27:14
    67%

    14If any man dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde, the priest shall set it, whether it be good or bad: and as the priest hath set it, so shall it stande.

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    67%

    28And I chose him out of al the tribes of Israel to be my priest, for to offer vppon mine aulter, and to burne incense, and to weare an Ephod before me: and I gaue vnto the house of thy father, all the offerynges made by fire of the chyldren of Israel.