13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
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Judges 17:13
Micah's Shrine: Private Religion in a Leaderless Israel
Judges 17 begins the book's double epilogue by showing covenant disorder at the household level: Micah returns stolen silver, his mother dedicates it to the LORD while commissioning images, Micah builds a private shrine and priesthood, and a wandering Levite is hired to give the arrangement a veneer of legitimacy.
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Verse 13
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Then Micahמִיכָ֔הH4318Noun - proper - masculine singularsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularNowעַתָּ֣הH6258AdverbI knowיָדַ֔עְתִּיH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularthatכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthe LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwill be goodיֵיטִ֥יבH3190Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto meלִ֑יPreposition | first person common singularbecauseכִּ֧יH3588Conjunctiona Leviteהַלֵּוִ֖יH3881Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularhas becomeהָיָה־H1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularmyלִ֛יPreposition | first person common singularpriestלְכֹהֵֽן׃H3548Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular