Judges 17:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
  • Isa 66:3-4 : 3 Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted. 4 I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
  • Matt 15:9 : 9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
  • Matt 15:13 : 13 And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;
  • John 16:2 : 2 out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,
  • Rom 10:2-3 : 2 for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge, 3 for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 17:1-12
    12 verses
    88%

    1And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Micah,

    2and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and `of which' thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver `is' with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed `is' my son of Jehovah.'

    3And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

    4And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

    5As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

    6in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

    7And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he `is' a Levite, and he `is' a sojourner there.

    8And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

    9And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

    10And 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'.

    11And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

  • Judg 18:3-6
    4 verses
    84%

    3They `are' with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this `place?' and what to thee here?'

    4And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

    5And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

    6And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah `is' your way in which ye go.'

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13And they pass over thence `to' the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

    14And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

    15And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

  • Judg 18:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

    19and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

    20And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

  • Mal 2:4
    69%

    4And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

  • Jer 26:17
    69%

    17And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    68%

    35and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;

  • Deut 18:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

    7then he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God, like all his brethren, the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah,

  • 2 Chr 13:10
    67%

    10`As for us, Jehovah `is' our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Jehovah, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,

  • Mic 1:1
    67%

    1A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:

  • Num 16:10
    67%

    10yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood!

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
    67%

    17And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.'

  • 1 Chr 17:26
    67%

    26`And now, Jehovah, Thou `art' God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness;

  • 2 Chr 18:13
    67%

    13And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

  • Jer 31:14
    67%

    14And satisfied the soul of the priests `with' fatness, And My people with My goodness are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Jer 11:18
    67%

    18And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.

  • Isa 66:21
    67%

    21And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:14
    67%

    14And Micaiah saith, `Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me -- it I speak.'

  • Judg 18:27
    66%

    27And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    66%

    11And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, `in' the presence of Eli the priest;

  • Num 3:6
    66%

    6`Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

  • Jer 17:16
    66%

    16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

  • Ps 135:20
    66%

    20O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah, Those fearing Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

  • Jer 22:16
    66%

    16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Deut 26:11
    66%

    11and rejoiced in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee, and to thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner who `is' in thy midst.

  • Num 18:6
    66%

    6`And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting;

  • Mal 2:7
    66%

    7For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he `is'.

  • 1 Sam 1:17
    66%

    17And Eli answereth and saith, `Go in peace, and the God of Israel doth give thy petition which thou hast asked of Him.'

  • Deut 10:9
    66%

    9therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself `is' his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.

  • Jer 33:18
    66%

    18And to the priests -- the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice -- all the days.'

  • 1 Kgs 22:19
    66%

    19And he saith, `Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;