King James Version (KJV)
Judges 17:11
“And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.”
Verse in context — Judges 17
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
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.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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