A moment in scripture
Judges 17:11
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
The surrounding passage
- Judges 17:9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
- Judges 17:10
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.
- Judges 17:12
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
- Judges 17:13
Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.