Judges 17:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² Micah appointed the Levite so that the young man became his personal priest and lived in Micah’s sanctuary.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying:

Judges 17:12 Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

He also made houses on high places and appointed priests from among all the people who were not Levites.

Numbers 16:5

Then he spoke to Korah and all his congregation, saying, “In the morning the Lord will make known who is his and who is holy and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him.

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your ancestral house with you shall bear responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, while you and your sons alone shall bear responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

Judges 17:11

The Levite agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

Judges 17:13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me because the Levite has become my priest.”

Judges 18:30

Then the Danites set up the idol for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom son of Moses and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the time the land went into captivity.

Judges 18:4

He said to them, “Micah did such and such for me, and he hired me, and I have become his priest.”