Judges 17:10

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Summary

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.

A father

I will give

1 Peter 5:2

Bible References

A father

And the Levite was content to live with the man, and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?

And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and ask of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!

I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

and I will clothe him with your robe, and will fasten your girdle on him, and I will give your authority into his hand. And he shall be a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

I will give

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the household gods, and the carved image, and went in the midst of the people.

And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a piece of bread. And they shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.

And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls that should not die; and to save alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.

And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;