Judges 17:13

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me (i) good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.

(i) Thus the idolaters persuade themselves of God's favour, when indeed he detests them.

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¹³ Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

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Judges 17:13