Judges 17:13

13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”

Judges 17:13 in Other Translations

13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

13 Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."

13 “I know the LORD will bless me now,” Micah said, “because I have a Levite serving as my priest.”

13 Micah said, "Now I know that God will make things go well for me - why, I've got a Levite for a priest!"

13 Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest."

Judges 17:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 17:13

Then said Micah
Within himself, pleased with what he had done, and with what he engaged in:

now know I that the Lord will do me good;
that I shall enjoy his favour, be a happy man, and prosper; and by this it appears, that notwithstanding the idolatry he had fallen into, he had not utterly forsaken the Lord, but worshipped him in and by his images; there was a mixture of the worship of God, and of the worship of images:

seeing I have a Levite to my priest;
who was of the same tribe the priests were, and so the nearest to them of any, and which he thought would be acceptable to God, and an omen of good to himself.

Judges 17:13 In-Context

11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

12 Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 18:7