Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Judges 17:11
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and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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Judges 17
9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
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 went in
11 and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
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