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Verse Judges 17:10. _BE UNTO ME A FATHER AND A PRIEST_] Thou shalt be
_master_ of my house, as if thou wert my father; and, as _priest_,
thou shalt appear in the presence of God for me. The term _fath...
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TEN SHEKELS - About 25 shillings to 26 shillings (see Exodus 38:24)....
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III. THE APPENDIX: ISRAEL'S INTERNAL CORRUPTION
1. Micah's and Dan's Idolatry and Its Punishment
CHAPTER 17 The Images Made and the Hired Priest
_ 1. The stolen money restored and the images (Judge...
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MICAH SECURES A LEVITE AS PRIEST.
Judges 17:7. The young man was a Judæ an by birth, and a Levite by
profession. It is a contradiction to say that he sojourned among his
own people. The clause should...
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JUDGES 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It
explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the _naî veté_
of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a
f...
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_father_ A title of honour given to a priest Judges 18:19, a
counsellor Genesis 45:8, cf. [Apocr.] Esther 16:11, 1Ma 11:32, a
prophet 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 6
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_Micab's Hired Priest Judges 17:7-13_
7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of
Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city from...
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_AND MICAH SAID UNTO HIM, DWELL WITH ME, AND BE UNTO ME A FATHER AND A
PRIEST, AND I WILL GIVE THEE TEN SHEKELS OF SILVER BY THE YEAR, AND A
SUIT OF APPAREL, AND THY VICTUALS. SO THE LEVITE WENT IN._...
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FATHER] cp. 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 6:21 : also Genesis 45:8 a title of
respect, which might be quite consistent with the priest's being
supported as a son ...
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THE STORY OF MICAH
This story, which is continued in the following c, is undoubtedly a
very old one. In striking contrast to many other narrative portions of
the Old Testament, there is in the body of...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
V1 There was a man called Micah from the hilly country where
Ephraim’s *tribe lived. V2 He said to his mother, ‘Someone stole
the 1100 pieces of...
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BE UNTO ME A FATHER AND A PRIEST. — The title “father” is here
ecclesiastical, like “papa,” “pope,” &c, and this title was
given to spiritual directors, as we find in several other passages in
the Bib...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ לֹ֨ו מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣ה
עִמָּדִ֗י וֶ
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THE STOLEN GODS
Judges 17:1, Judges 18:1
THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth
chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with
that which has gone b...
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Here begins the final section of the Book of Judges which is of the
nature of an appendix. The events here recorded must have taken place
closely following the death of Joshua. They give us a picture...
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A Levite who had been living in Bethlehem set out in search of a new
place to live and came to the house of Micah. Micah offered to pay him
ten shekels of silver a year along with a suit of clothes an...
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_A father. So he styles him out of respect, as we do our directors.
(Haydock) --- It is a title of dignity, Esther xvi. 11., 2 Machabees
xiv. 37., and 2 Paralipomenon ii. 13. (Calmet) --- Pieces, sicl...
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The sequel of this conference, too plainly marks the Levite ' s
character. What an awful state must it be, in a Levite of God, to hire
himself out in the service of idols; and what a pitiful maintenan...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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AND MICAH SAID UNTO HIM, DWELL WITH ME,.... Hearing that he was a
Levite, he thought him a fit man for his purpose, and would give some
credit to, and put a better face upon his new form of worship, a...
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a
priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and
a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in....
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_Be unto me a father_ That is, a priest, a spiritual father, a teacher
or instructer. He pretends reverence and submission to him; and what
is wanting in his wages, he pays him in titles....
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1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother
maketh Images,
5 and hee ornaments for them.
6 He hireth a Leuite to be his Priest.
1 AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose na...
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A Levite Made the Idol's Priest...
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a
priest, to be treated with all reverence and honor, AND I WILL GIVE
THEE TEN SHEKELS OF SILVER BY THE YEAR (about $6. 40 cash) AND...
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BOLD IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL
(vv. 1-13)
Samson was the last judge in Israel. The last five Chapter s of Judges
-- 17 to 21 -- deal with conditions during the time of the Judges, so
do not necessarily tak...
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A SUIT OF APPAREL:
Or, a double suit, etc: _Heb._ an order of garments...
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7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his
images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please
themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bri...
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Judges 17:10 Micah H4318 said H559 (H8799) Dwell H3427 (H8798) father
H1 priest H3548 give H5414 ...
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‘ And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and
a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit
of clothing, and your keep.” '
This confirms that his religious...
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CONTENTS: Micah's worship in self will.
CHARACTERS: Micah, his mother, a Levite.
CONCLUSION: The love of money makes much mischief; destroys the duty
and comfort of every relation and frequently lea...
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Judges 17:1. _A man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah._ This was
soon after the death of Joshua, says Josephus, and before the civil
war with Benjamin.
Judges 17:2. _About which thou cursedst._...
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_Micah._
MICAH’S MOTHER
In the second verse of this chapter Micah makes a clean confession of
a great wrong which he had done to his mother. “It seems,” says
Matthew Henry, “that this old woman, with...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 17:1 The Depths of Israel’s Unfaithfulness.
Whereas chs. Judges 2:1 describe external threats to Israel, chs....
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IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP
(Judges 17:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
I. IDOLATRY BEGINS WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOT UPRIGHT IN MORAL CONDUCT.
Judges 17:1.
Micah himself is first heard of as stea...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 17:1
We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which
has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty
deeds in delivering Israel from his oppr...
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At this point the book of Judges, as far as its history, ends. What
remains in the book of Judges is not now in chronological order. This
is an appendix to the book of Judges as we get into chapter se...
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1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Kings 13:14; 2 Kings
6:21
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A father — That is, a priest, a spiritual father, a teacher or
instructor. He pretends reverence and submission to him; and what is
wanting in his wages, he pays him in titles....