King James Version
Judges 18:4 in the King James Version says “And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.” — study this verse from Judges chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.”
Judges 18:4 · KJV
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. men of: Heb. sons of
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“me and I am his priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
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