So Micah said to him, “Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your provision.” So the Levite went in.
Judges 17:11 - Tree of Life Version And the Levite was content to stay with the man, and the young man became to him as one of his sons. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So Micah said to him, “Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your provision.” So the Levite went in.
So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.
Then the man departed from the town, from Bethlehem of Judah, to sojourn wherever he could find a place; and as he journeyed he arrived to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.