Judges 17:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Judg 17:7-10
    4 verses
    86%

    7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

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

    9 And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to stay where I may find a place.

    10 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.

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

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

  • Judg 18:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

    4 And he said to them, Thus and thus does Micah deal with me, and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

  • Judg 17:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

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

    2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my son.

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

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

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

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    13 And they passed from there to Mount Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

    14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.

    15 And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

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    18 And these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, What are you doing?

    19 And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

    20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the carved image, and went among the people.

  • Deut 18:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.

    6 And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

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

  • 27 And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

  • 9 Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.

  • 1 And a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi.

  • 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

  • 11 And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

  • Judg 19:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 So they sat down, and they ate and drank both of them together. Then the young woman’s father said to the man, "Please be content and stay all night, and let your heart be merry."

    7 And when the man got up to depart, his father-in-law urged him, so he stayed there again.

  • 9 When the man arose to depart with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening; please stay all night. Look, the day ends; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go early on your way that you may go home."

  • 6 And 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.

  • 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

  • 2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

  • 36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah and in Benjamin.

  • 4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, kept him, and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drank and lodged there.

  • 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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    20 And the old man said, "Peace be with you; however, let all your needs lie upon me; only do not lodge in the street."

    21 So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

  • 22 After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

  • 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also?

  • 34 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi.

  • 17 When he lifted up his eyes, he saw a traveler in the street of the city, and the old man said, "Where are you going? And where do you come from?"

  • 19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the earth.

  • 16 And it shall be, if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

  • 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

  • 11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.

  • 13 He said to his servant, "Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah."

  • 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

  • 15 They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city, for there was no one who took them into his house to lodge.