Judges 17:10
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
KJV
Dixitque Michas : Mane apud me, et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos : daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos, ac vestem duplicem, et quæ ad victum sunt necessaria.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μειχαίας Κάθου μετ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ γίνου μοι εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα, καὶ ἐγὼ δώσω σοι δέκα ἀργυρίου εἰς ἡμέραν καὶ στολὴν ἱματίων καὶ τὰ πρὸς ζωήν σου.
LXX
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨/וֹ מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣/ה עִמָּדִ֗/י וֶֽ/הְיֵה לִ/י֮ לְ/אָ֣ב וּ/לְ/כֹהֵן֒ וְ/אָנֹכִ֨י אֶֽתֶּן לְ/ךָ֜ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לַ/יָּמִ֔ים וְ/עֵ֥רֶךְ בְּגָדִ֖ים וּ/מִחְיָתֶ֑/ךָ וַ/יֵּ֖לֶךְ הַ/לֵּוִֽי
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 5:2 — Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Gen 45:8 — So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
- John 12:6 — This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
- Judg 18:4 — And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
- Judg 18:19 — And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou