Judges 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 17:12

Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

BSB

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ASV

And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

KJV

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Micah consecrated the Levite - וימלא את יד vayemalle eth yad, he filled his hands, i.e., he gave him an offering to present before the Lord, that he might be accepted by him. He appointed him to be priest; God was to accept and consecrate him; and for this purpose he filled his hand; i.e., furnished him with the proper offering which he was to present on his inauguration.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Consecrated - To be a priest, for which he thought a consecration necessary, as knowing the Levites were no less excluded from the priest's office than the people. The young man - Instead of his son, whom he had consecrated, but now seems to restrain him from the exercise of that office, and to devolve it wholly upon the Levite, who was nearer akin to it.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְמַלֵּ֤א	vay.ma.Le'	and he filled	H4390 →
מִיכָה֙	mi.Khah	Micah	H4318 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יַ֣ד	yad	[the] hand of	H3027 →
הַלֵּוִ֔י	ha.le.Vi	the Levite	H3881 →
וַיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and he became	H1961 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	of him
הַנַּ֖עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the young man	H5288 →
לְכֹהֵ֑ן	le.kho.Hen	<into> a priest	H3548 →
וַיְהִ֖י	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
בְּבֵ֥ית	be.Veit	in [the] house of	H1004 →
מִיכָֽה׃	mi.Khah	Micah	H4318 →

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Where the connections lead

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Numbers 16:5
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…
leads to
- Psalms 65:4
  Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Numbers 17:5
  The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- 2 Timothy 2:19
  Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Leviticus 10:3
  Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I…
Through
1 Kings 12:31
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
leads to
- 1 Kings 13:32–33
  for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…
- 2 Chronicles 13:9
  But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now…
- 2 Kings 17:32
  So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
Through
Judges 18:30
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the…
leads to
- Exodus 2:22
  And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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