7 Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah , of the family of Judah , who was a Levite ; and he was staying there . 8 Then the man departed from the city , from Bethlehem in Judah , to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey , he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah . 9 Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah , and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place." 10 Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year , a suit of clothes , and your maintenance ." So the Levite went in. 11 The Levite agreed to live with the man , and the young man became to him like one of his sons . 12 So Micah consecrated e the Levite , and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah . 13 Then Micah said , "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 17:7-13
Commentary on Judges 17:7-13
(Read Judges 17:7-13)
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 bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.