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Selected Verse: Judges 17:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 17:10 |
Strong Concordance |
And Micah [04318] said [0559] unto him, Dwell [03427] with me, and be unto me a father [01] and a priest [03548], and I will give [05414] thee ten [06235] shekels of silver [03701] by the year [03117], and a suit [06187] of apparel [0899], and thy victuals [04241]. So the Levite [03881] went in [03212]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father--a spiritual father, to conduct the religious services of my establishment. He was to receive, in addition to his board, a salary of ten shekels of silver, equal to 25 shillings a year.
a suit of apparel--not only dress for ordinary use, but vestments suitable for the discharge of his priestly functions. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Ten shekels - About 25 shillings to 26 shillings (see Exo 38:24). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Micah made this proposal to the Levite: "Dwell with me, and become my father and priest; I will give thee ten shekels of silver yearly, and fitting out with clothes and maintenance." אב, father, is an honourable title give to a priest as a paternal friend and spiritual adviser, and is also used with reference to prophets in Kg2 6:21 and Kg2 13:14, and applied to Joseph in Gen 45:8. ליּמים, for the days, sc., for which a person was engaged, i.e., for the year (cf. Sa1 27:7, and Lev 25:29). "And the Levite went," i.e., went to Micah's house. This meaning is evident from the context. The repetition of the subject, "the Levite," precludes our connecting it with the following verb ויּואל. - In Jdg 17:11-13 the result is summed up. The Levite resolved (see at Deu 1:5) to dwell with Micah, who treated him as one of his sons, and entrusted him with the priesthood at his house of God. And Micah rejoiced that he had got a Levite as priest, and said, "Now I know that Jehovah will prosper me." This belief, or, to speak more correctly, superstition, for which Micah was very speedily to atone, proves that at that time the tribe of Levi held the position assigned it in the law of Moses; that is to say, that it was regarded as the tribe elected by God for the performance of divine worship. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A father - That is, a priest, a spiritual father, a teacher or instructor. He pretends reverence and submission to him; and what is wanting in his wages, he pays him in titles. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Be unto me a father and a priest - Thou shalt be master of my house, as if thou wert my father; and, as priest, thou shalt appear in the presence of God for me. The term father is often used to express honor and reverence.
Ten shekels of silver - About thirty shillings per annum, with board, lodging, and clothes. Very good wages in those early times. |
24 All the gold [02091] that was occupied [06213] for the work [04399] in all the work [04399] of the holy [06944] place, even the gold [02091] of the offering [08573], was twenty [06242] and nine [08672] talents [03603], and seven [07651] hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].
5 On this side [05676] Jordan [03383], in the land [0776] of Moab [04124], began [02974] Moses [04872] to declare [0874] this law [08451], saying [0559],
11 And the Levite [03881] was content [02974] to dwell [03427] with the man [0376]; and the young man [05288] was unto him as one [0259] of his sons [01121].
12 And Micah [04318] consecrated [04390] [03027] the Levite [03881]; and the young man [05288] became his priest [03548], and was in the house [01004] of Micah [04318].
13 Then said [0559] Micah [04318], Now know [03045] I that the LORD [03068] will do me good [03190], seeing I have a Levite [03881] to my priest [03548].
29 And if a man [0376] sell [04376] a dwelling [04186] house [01004] in a walled [02346] city [05892], then he may redeem [01353] it within a whole [08552] year [08141] after it is sold [04465]; within a full year [03117] may he redeem [01353] it.
7 And the time [04557] [03117] that David [01732] dwelt [03427] in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] was a full year [03117] and four [0702] months [02320].
8 So now it was not you that sent [07971] me hither, but God [0430]: and he hath made [07760] me a father [01] to Pharaoh [06547], and lord [0113] of all his house [01004], and a ruler [04910] throughout all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
14 Now Elisha [0477] was fallen sick [02470] of his sickness [02483] whereof he died [04191]. And Joash [03101] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] came down [03381] unto him, and wept [01058] over his face [06440], and said [0559], O my father [01], my father [01], the chariot [07393] of Israel [03478], and the horsemen [06571] thereof.
21 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Elisha [0477], when he saw [07200] them, My father [01], shall I smite [05221] them? shall I smite [05221] them?