Judges 18:4 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 18:4

“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
כָּזֹ֣ה	ka.Zoh	like this	H2090 →
וְכָזֶ֔ה	ve.kha.Zeh	and like this	H2088 →
עָ֥שָׂה	'A.sah	he has done	H6213 →
לִ֖י	li	for <the> me
מִיכָ֑ה	mi.Khah	Micah	H4318 →
וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי	vai.yis.ke.Re.ni	and he has hired me	H7936 →
וָאֱהִי־	va.'e.hi-	and I have become	H1961 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	of him
לְכֹהֵֽן׃	le.kho.Hen	<into> a priest	H3548 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared…
leads to
- Micah 3:5
  This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their…
- Proverbs 28:21
  To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Ezekiel 20:39
  And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…
- Jeremiah 23:17
  They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
- Jeremiah 23:14
  And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
Through
Judges 17:10
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite…
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:2
  Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- John 12:6
  Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
Through
Judges 17:12
Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
leads to
- 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…