Judges 17:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Judg 18:30 : 30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
  • 1 Kgs 12:31 : 31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
  • Num 16:8-9 : 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 17:13
    88%

    13Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

  • Judg 18:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

    4And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

  • Judg 17:1-11
    11 verses
    86%

    1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

    2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

    3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

    4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

    5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

    6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

    7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

    8And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

    9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

    10And 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.

    11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

    14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

    15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

  • Judg 18:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

    20And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    71%

    11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

  • Deut 18:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

    6And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the sire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

    7Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.

  • Num 3:6
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
    69%

    31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

  • Num 18:6
    69%

    6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Num 8:22
    69%

    22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    69%

    35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

  • Judg 18:31
    69%

    31And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Num 16:10
    69%

    10And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

  • Jer 26:17
    68%

    17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • Judg 18:27
    68%

    27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

  • Neh 10:38
    68%

    38And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

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

    9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

    10But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

  • Num 8:15
    68%

    15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    68%

    14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Num 3:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

  • Heb 8:2
    67%

    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

  • Num 8:20
    67%

    20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

    9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

  • Exod 2:1
    67%

    1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

  • Lev 16:32
    67%

    32And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    67%

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    67%

    12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

  • Lev 27:14
    67%

    14And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    67%

    28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?