He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
Judges 17:12 - Revised Standard Version And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah. American Standard Version (1901) And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Common English Bible Micah appointed the Levite so that the young man became his personal priest and lived in Micah’s sanctuary. Catholic Public Domain Version And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying: |
He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him; him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him.
So the Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear iniquity in connection with the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity in connection with your priesthood.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”
And the Danites set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
And he said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”