Judges 17:10

Modern English Version

Micah said to him, “Live with me, and be a father and a priest for me. I will give you ten silver coins a year, a set of clothes, and food.” So the Levite went in.

Cross References

Genesis 45:8

“So now it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of his entire household and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. So Joash the king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen.”

2 Kings 2:12

Elisha was watching and crying, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he did not see him again. Then he grabbed his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

2 Kings 6:21

The king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case that I did not know.

Isaiah 22:21

And I will clothe him with your robe and tie him securely with your sash. And I will entrust him with your authority, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

Ezekiel 13:19

And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying to My people who hear your lies.

Matthew 26:15

and said to them, “What will you give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

John 12:6

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief. And having the money box, he used to steal what was put in it.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evil. While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, take care of them, not by constraint, but willingly, not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

Judges 17:11

The Levite decided to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his sons.

Judges 17:9

Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I can find a place.”

Judges 18:4

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me, and I became his priest.”

1 Samuel 2:36

But it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and will say, Please attach me to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.’ ”