Juízes 17:12

12 E Mica consagrou o levita, e o mancebo lhe serviu de sacerdote, e ficou em sua casa.

Juízes 17:12 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 17:12

And Micah consecrated the Levite
Installed him into, and invested him with the priestly office; in like manner he had consecrated his son before, by filling his hand with sacrifices; see ( Judges 17:5 )

and the young man became his priest;
and did the work and office of one; this was a very daring piece of presumption in them both; in Micah, to take upon him to consecrate a priest, who was himself of the tribe of Ephraim; and in the young man, to suffer himself to be put into such an office, which did not belong to him, for though every priest was a Levite, or of the tribe of Levi, yet every Levite had not a right to be a priest, only those who were of the family of Aaron:

and was in the house of Micah;
and continued there.

Juízes 17:12 In-Context

10 Então lhe disse Mica: Fica comigo, e sê-me por pai e sacerdote; e cada ano te darei dez moedas de prata, o vestuário e o sustento. E o levita entrou.

11 Consentiu, pois, o levita em ficar com aquele homem, e lhe foi como um de seus filhos.

12 E Mica consagrou o levita, e o mancebo lhe serviu de sacerdote, e ficou em sua casa.

13 Então disse Mica: Agora sei que o Senhor me fará bem, porquanto tenho um levita por sacerdote.