Levite

¶ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase, the third yeere, which is the yeere of tything, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, the stranger, the fatherlesse, and the widow, that they may eate within thy gates, and be filled:

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.28.

Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I haue brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also haue giuen them vnto the Leuite, and vnto the stranger, to the fatherlesse, and to the widow, according to all thy commandements, which thou hast commanded me: I haue not transgressed thy commandements, neither haue I forgotten them.

¶ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iudah, of the family of Iudah, who was a Leuite, and he soiourned there.

And Micah said vnto him, Whence commest thou? And he said vnto him, I am a Leuite, of Bethlehem Iudah, and I goe to soiourne where I may finde a place.

And Micah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by the yeere, and a suite of apparell, and thy victuals. So the Leuite went in.

1611 marginal noteOr, a double suit, &c. Heb. an order of garments.

And the Leuite was content to dwell with the man, and the yong man was vnto him as one of his sonnes.

And Micah consecrated the Leuite, and the young man became his Priest, and was in the house of Micah.

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will doe me good, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the yong man the Leuite: and they turned in thither, & said vnto him, Who brought thee hither? And what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. asked him of peace.