Judges 18:4
2 So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
3 And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
6 And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
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
- “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
- WEB
- He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
- BLB
- And he said to them, “This and like this Micah has done for me. And he has hired me, and I have become unto him priest.”
- ÅB
- Han svarte: Så og så har Mika gjort mot meg; han har leid meg til å være prest for seg.
- OTB
- Han svarte: "Dette er hva Mika har gjort for meg: han har ansatt meg, og jeg har blitt hans prest."
- B1930
- Han svarte: Så og så har Mika gjort mot mig; han har leid mig til å være prest for sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 17:10
“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
Read in contextEzekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Read in contextJohn 10:12–13
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
Read in contextJudges 17:12
Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
Read in contextMalachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Read in contextHosea 4:8–9
They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
Read in context1 Timothy 3:3
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
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