Judges 17:12

WEB

¹²Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

KJV

¹²And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

BSB

¹²Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

FBV

¹²Micah ordained the Levite as his own priest and he lived in Micah's house.

Extra References

Judges 18:30

³⁰The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

1 Kings 13:33-34

³³After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. ³⁴This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

Numbers 16:5

⁵He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

Numbers 16:8-10

⁸Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi! ⁹Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; ¹⁰and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?

1 Kings 12:31

³¹He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.