Judges 17:11
9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
10 “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
- KJV
- And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
- WEB
- The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
- ASV
- And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
- DARBY
- And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
- BLB
- And the Levite was willing to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
- ÅB
- Og levitten samtykket i å bli hos mannen, og den unge mann var for ham som en av hans egne sønner.
- OTB
- Levitten gikk med på å bo hos Mika, og den unge mannen ble som en av hans sønner for ham.
- B1930
- Og levitten samtykket i å bli hos mannen, og den unge mann var for ham som en av hans egne sønner.