Judges 17:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 carved 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 a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 After this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever desired, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Tomorrow the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to Him: even him whom He has chosen will He cause to come near to Him.
  • Num 16:8-9 : 8 And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, sons of Levi. 9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has 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 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?

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  • Judg 17:13
    88%

    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
    86%

    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 17:1-11
    11 verses
    86%

    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.

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

    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.

    11 And 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%

    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.

  • Judg 18:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    71%

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

  • Deut 18:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Num 3:6
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
    69%

    31 And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

  • Num 18:6
    69%

    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.

  • Num 8:22
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    69%

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

  • Judg 18:31
    69%

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

  • Num 16:10
    69%

    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?

  • Jer 26:17
    68%

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

  • Judg 18:27
    68%

    27 And they took what Micah had made, and the priest he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

  • Neh 10:38
    68%

    38 And 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 to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

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

    9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

    10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests who minister to the LORD are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

  • Num 8:15
    68%

    15 After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    68%

    14 So 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%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; therefore the Levites shall be mine;

  • Heb 8:2
    67%

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

  • Num 8:20
    67%

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

  • Deut 10:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

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

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

  • Exod 2:1
    67%

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

  • Lev 16:32
    67%

    32 And 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%

    6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those 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%

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

  • Lev 27:14
    67%

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

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    67%

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