Judges 17:12-13

17:12 Micah paid ¹  the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house. 17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ²  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 18:4

18:4 He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, ³  “He hired me and I became his priest.”

Judges 18:6

18:6 The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. ⁴  The Lord will be with you on your mission.” ⁵ 

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “filled the hand of.”

² tn Heb “do good for me.”

³ tn Heb “He said to them, ‘Such and such Micah has done for me.’” Though the statement is introduced and presented, at least in part, as a direct quotation (note especially “for me”), the phrase “such and such” appears to be the narrator’s condensed version of what the Levite really said.

⁴ tn Heb “in peace.”

⁵ tn Heb “In front of the LORD is your way in which you are going.”

⁶ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”