He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
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He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
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And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
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And he said unto them: 'Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.'
Cross-references (14)
Passages linked to Judges 18:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 17:10 Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
- Judges 17:12 Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
- Ezekiel 13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.’
- John 10:12-13 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.
- Proverbs 28:21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Isaiah 56:11 Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
- Hosea 4:8-9 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
- Malachi 1:10 “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- Acts 8:18-21 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
- Acts 20:33 I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.
- 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
- Titus 1:11 whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
- 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
- 2 Peter 2:14-15 having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and…
Jdg 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Ver. 4. And hath hired me, aud I am his priest.] He should have been ashamed to tell them thus, since it was directly against God’s word that he had done. But sin had added an impudency in his face, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, thus and thus dealeth…
And he said unto them, thus and thus dealeth Micah with me,.... Told them the whole story, how he came to the door of Micah's house, how he inquired of him who he was, and from whence he came, and whither he was going, and then invited him into his house to stay with him:
and hath hired me; by the year, for ten shekels of silver, a suit of clothes, and meat and drink, and by this means he got a livelihood, and was supported:
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and I am his priest; and that was his business to offer sacrifice for his family, and to consult his oracle for him, and for whomsoever should apply.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Voice. His pronunciation was different from that of the…
Voice. His pronunciation was different from that of the Ephraimites, chap. xii. 6.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. and he hath hired me] points to Jdg_17:10-11…
4. and he hath hired me] points to Jdg_17:10-11 a; so a continuation of that narrative.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Thus and thus.—Literally, according to this and according…
(4) Thus and thus.—Literally, according to this and according to that, as in 2Sa_11:25; 1Ki_14:5.
I am his priest.—See Jdg_17:13. Similarly in the dearth of genuine priests Jeroboam was forced to make even Levites out of the lowest of the people (1Ki_12:31).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And I am his priest, or, to be his…
And I am his priest, or, to be his priest.
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