Then Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.”
Judges 17:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Levite agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was to Micah as one of his sons. American Standard Version (1901) And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. Common English Bible The Levite agreed to stay with him; and the young man became like one of his own sons. Catholic Public Domain Version He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons. |
Then Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.”
So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.
This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could find a place. He came to the house of Micah in the hill country of Ephraim to carry on his work.