Giudici 17:12

12 E Mica consacrò quel Levita; e il giovane gli fu per sacerdote, e stette in casa di Mica.

Giudici 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.

Giudici 17:12 In-Context

10 E Mica gli disse: Dimora meco, e siimi per padre, e per sacerdote; e io ti darò dieci sicli d’argento l’anno, e il tuo vestire ordinario, e il tuo nudrimento. E il Levita vi andò.

11 Così quel giovane Levita si convenne di dimorar con quell’uomo, il qual lo tenne come l’uno de’ suoi figliuoli.

12 E Mica consacrò quel Levita; e il giovane gli fu per sacerdote, e stette in casa di Mica.

13 E Mica disse: Ora conosco che il Signore mi farà del bene, poichè io ho un Levita per sacerdote.