Judges 17:13

Translations

Modern

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Traditional

Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

Literal

And Micah said, “Now I know that YHWH will be good to me, since a Levite has become a priest to me.”

Latin

Nunc scio, dicens, quod benefaciet mihi Deus habenti Levitici generis sacerdotem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Notes

Judges 17:13

In Micah’s view, hiring a priest made the shrine seem more legitimate. However, he believed the Lord would bless him due to superstition, not obedience. Micah’s disregard for God’s covenant would lead to a curse that no unemployed Levite could prevent. Micah was not the last Israelite to seek a priest or Levite to legitimize improper religious practices (compare 1 Kings 12:28–31; 2 Kings 16:10–18).

Judges 17:1–21:25

These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.

Theme notes and profiles

Social Chaos in Judges

Related verses

John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
Acts 26:9
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Matthew 15:13
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
Romans 10:2–3
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
Matthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Isaiah 66:3–4
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

People

Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites Micah: A man from Ephraim who set up idolatrous worship

Glossary

Idols, Idolatry Judges, Book of Micah (Person) Ordain, Ordination Priests and Levites Tribe of Levi

Topics

Christian Minister: Jonathan Jonathan: A Levite of Bethlehem, Who Becomes a Priest for Micah

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