Judges 17:12

Easy To Read Version

Micah chose him to be his priest. So the young man became a priest and lived in Micah’s house.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam also built temples at the high places. [158] He also chose priests from among the different family groups of Israel. (He did not choose priests only from the family group of Levi.)

Numbers 16:5

Then Moses said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show which person truly belongs to him. The Lord will show which person is truly holy. And the Lord will bring that person near to him. The Lord will choose that man, and the Lord will bring that man near to him.

Numbers 18:1

The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and all the people in your father’s family are now responsible for any wrong things that are done against the holy place. You and your sons are responsible for wrong things that are done against the priests.

Judges 17:11

The young Levite agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah’s own sons.

Judges 17:13

And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I know this because I have a man from the family group of Levi to be my priest.”

Judges 18:30

The people of the family group of Dan set up the idol in the city of Dan. They made Jonathan son of Gershom their priest. Gershom was the son of Moses. [140] Jonathan and his sons were priests for the family group of Dan until the time when the Israelite people were taken into captivity.

Judges 18:4

The young man told them about the things Micah had done for him. “Micah hired me,” the young man said. “I am his priest.”