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He has hired me, and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, “Micah has done this and that for me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He said to them, &#8220Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he said to them, “Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he said to them, “Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And he said to them, “Micah has done this and that for me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He told them, “This is what Micah has done for me: He has hired me, and I became his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He told them what Micah had done for him and that he had hired him as his priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Levite replied, "Micah hired me as his priest." Then he told them how well Micah had treated him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Levite told them what Micah had done for him and added, "Micah hired me, so I became his priest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He answered, "I have an arrangement with Micah, who pays me to serve as his priest." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He answered, "Micah did such and such for me, and has hired me, so I've become his priest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Micah has done this and that for me,? he replied, ?and he has hired me to be his priest.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, "He hired me and I became his priest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he says to them, “Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he hires me, and I am for a priest to him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he saith unto them, 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say to them, according to this, and according to this, Micah did to me, and he will hire me, and I to him for priest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he answered them, “Micah has offered me one thing and another, and he has paid me wages, so that I may be his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“This is what Micah has done for me,” he replied to them. “He has hired me and I have become his priest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He said to them, “Micah did such and such for me, and he hired me, and I have become his priest.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and has hired me, and I have become his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He said to them: “Thus and so Mikah has done for me, and he hired me and I have been a Priest to him”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he said unto them: 'Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/18-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5284" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">The Danites Settle in Laish</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?” <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4318.htm" title="4318: mî·ḵāh (N-proper-ms) -- The name of several Isr. An abbrev. Of Miykayah; Micah, the name of seven Israelites.">“Micah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">has done</a> <a href="/hebrew/2090.htm" title="2090: kā·zōh (Prep-k:: Pro-fs) -- This. For zeh; this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: wə·ḵā·zeh (Conj-w, Prep-k:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">and that</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for me,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7936.htm" title="7936: way·yiś·kə·rê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- Or cakar; a primitive root (by prosthesis) to karah through the idea of temporary purchase; compare shakar); to hire.">“and he has hired me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wā·’ĕ·hî- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">his</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: lə·ḵō·hên (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priest.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Judges 17:3-4</a></span><br />And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.” / So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Judges 17:10-13</a></span><br />“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 / and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah. / Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm">1 Samuel 8:19-20</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. / Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a></span><br />After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-12</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-17</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a></span><br />Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13-20</a></span><br />The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. / He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. / It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a></span><br />For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4-6</a></span><br />They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. / He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a></span><br />Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a></span><br />They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7</a></span><br />They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said to them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest.</p><p class="hdg">hired me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Judges 17:10</a></b></br> And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten <i>shekels</i> of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-21.htm">Proverbs 28:21</a></b></br> To have respect of persons <i>is</i> not good: for for a piece of bread <i>that</i> man will transgress.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a></b></br> Yea, <i>they are</i> greedy dogs <i>which</i> can never have enough, and they <i>are</i> shepherds <i>that</i> cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/12-7.htm">Dealeth</a> <a href="/judges/9-23.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-6.htm">Hireth</a> <a href="/judges/18-3.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/judges/15-7.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/judges/17-13.htm">Priest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/23-22.htm">Dealeth</a> <a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-6.htm">Hireth</a> <a href="/judges/18-13.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/judges/18-6.htm">Priest</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-1.htm">The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-3.htm">At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-7.htm">They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-11.htm">Six hundred men are sent to surprise it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-16.htm">In their way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-27.htm">They win Laish, and call it Dan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/18-30.htm">They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherits the priesthood.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Micah has done this and that for me,</b><br>This phrase refers to the actions of Micah, a man from the hill country of Ephraim, who had established a shrine and made an ephod and household gods. Micah's actions reflect the syncretism prevalent in Israel during the time of the Judges, where the worship of Yahweh was often mixed with pagan practices. This period was marked by a lack of centralized leadership and widespread idolatry, as noted in <a href="/judges/17-6.htm">Judges 17:6</a>, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Micah's actions are indicative of the spiritual confusion and moral decline of the era.<p><b>he replied,</b><br>The speaker here is the Levite, who had been wandering and seeking a place to stay. His response indicates a transactional relationship with Micah, highlighting the Levite's willingness to serve in a religious capacity for personal gain. This reflects the broader theme in Judges of individuals acting out of self-interest rather than divine calling or covenantal faithfulness.<p><b>and he has hired me to be his priest.</b><br>The Levite's role as a hired priest underscores the corruption and deviation from the Levitical priesthood's intended purpose, as outlined in the Mosaic Law. According to <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>, the Levites were to serve the Lord and the community, supported by tithes, not personal contracts. This hiring indicates a distortion of true worship and priesthood, as the Levite serves not in the tabernacle but in a private shrine. This situation foreshadows the later establishment of a false priesthood in the Northern Kingdom under Jeroboam (<a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a>), where non-Levites were appointed as priests. The Levite's acceptance of this role for personal benefit contrasts with the self-sacrificial nature of Christ, the ultimate High Priest, who serves not for personal gain but for the redemption of humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-28</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>An Ephraimite who created a shrine with idols and hired a Levite to be his personal priest, demonstrating a departure from true worship as prescribed by God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_levite.htm">The Levite</a></b><br>A young man from Bethlehem in Judah, who accepted Micah's offer to become his personal priest, indicating a compromise of his Levitical duties.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tribe_of_dan.htm">The Tribe of Dan</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they play a significant role in the chapter as they seek territory and eventually take Micah's priest and idols.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>The region where Micah lived, representing a place where idolatry and deviation from God's law were taking place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The central event in this passage, highlighting the spiritual decline in Israel during the time of the Judges.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_compromise.htm">The Danger of Compromise</a></b><br>Micah's hiring of a Levite for personal gain shows how easily one can compromise God's commands for convenience or personal benefit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>The Levite's acceptance of Micah's offer highlights the importance of spiritual leaders adhering to God's standards rather than succumbing to societal pressures.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry_in_modern_times.htm">Idolatry in Modern Times</a></b><br>While physical idols may not be prevalent today, anything that takes precedence over God in our lives can become an idol.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>This passage reminds us of the necessity of obeying God's commands fully, rather than selectively following what suits us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_influence.htm">Community Influence</a></b><br>The spiritual decline in Israel serves as a warning about the influence of community and culture on personal faith and practice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_micah_make_an_idol_and_hire_a_priest.htm">Why did Micah create an idol and hire a priest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_micah_justify_his_shrine.htm">Why does Micah in Judges 17:5-6 feel justified in creating his own household shrine, despite the earlier commands against idol worship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_a_carved_image_allowed_in_judges_18_31.htm">How do we reconcile the setting up of a carved image in Judges 18:31 with the strict prohibition against idolatry found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'new_birth'_mean.htm">Who was the biblical prophet Micah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Thus and thus.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">according to this and according to that, </span>as in <a href="/2_samuel/11-25.htm" title="Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another: make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.">2Samuel 11:25</a>; <a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm" title="And the LORD said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to ask a thing of you for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you say to her: for it shall be, when she comes in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.">1Kings 14:5</a>.<p><span class= "bld">I am his priest.</span>--See <a href="/judges/17-13.htm" title="Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.">Judges 17:13</a>. Similarly in the dearth of genuine priests Jeroboam was forced to make even Levites out of the lowest of the people (<a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm" title="And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.">1Kings 12:31</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And I am his priest</span>, or, <span class="accented">to be his priest.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/18-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Micah</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיכָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mî·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4318.htm">Strong's 4318: </a> </span><span class="str2">Micah -- the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had done</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֥שָׂה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּזֹ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(kā·zōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2090.htm">Strong's 2090: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for me,”</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">he replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“and he has hired me</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·kə·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7936.htm">Strong's 7936: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֱהִי־</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ĕ·hî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">priest.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכֹהֵֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/18-4.htm">Judges 18:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/18-4.htm">OT History: Judges 18:4 He said to them Thus and thus (Jd Judg. 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