OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

Judges 17:11

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

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Judges 17:11 in context

Judges 17:8–13

8

The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

9

Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?”

He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”

10

Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.

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

12

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

13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”

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