Judges 17:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Webster's Revision
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
World English Bible
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Definitions for Judges 17:12
Clarke's Judges 17:12 Bible Commentary
Micah consecrated the Levite - וימלא את יד vayemalle eth yad, he filled his hands, i.e., he gave him an offering to present before the Lord, that he might be accepted by him. He appointed him to be priest; God was to accept and consecrate him; and for this purpose he filled his hand; i.e., furnished him with the proper offering which he was to present on his inauguration.
Wesley's Judges 17:12 Bible Commentary
17:12 Consecrated - To be a priest, for which he thought a consecration necessary, as knowing the Levites were no less excluded from the priest's office than the people. The young man - Instead of his son, whom he had consecrated, but now seems to restrain him from the exercise of that office, and to devolve it wholly upon the Levite, who was nearer akin to it.