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Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
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Verse 10. A father. So he styles him out of respect, as we do our directors. Bible.—It is a title of dignity. Esther 16:11. 2 Maccabees 14:37. 2 Chronicles 2:13. Calmet.—Pieces, sicles.—Double suit, one for summer and another for winter, ( Menochius.) or such as might be worn on common, or on sacred occasions, unless it rather mean a cloak and a tunic; ( Calmet.) a change of dress. Calmet. 14:13.
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