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Judges 17:7

Judah

5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

8 This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
KJV
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
WEB
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
ASV
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
DARBY
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
BLB
And there was a young man from Bethlehem [in] Judah, from the family of Judah, and he [was] a Levite, and he was staying there.
ÅB
Der var en ung mann fra Betlehem i Juda; han var en levitt av dem som hørte til i Juda stamme, og der bodde han som fremmed.
OTB
Det var en ung mann fra Betlehem i Juda, av Judas slekt, som var en levitt, og han bodde der.
B1930
Der var en ung mann fra Betlehem i Juda; han var en levitt av dem som hørte til i Juda stamme, og der bodde han som fremmed.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Matthew 2:1

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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  • Ruth 1:1–2

    In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.

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  • Matthew 2:5–6

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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  • Joshua 19:15

    It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

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  • Judges 19:1–2

    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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  • Genesis 35:19

    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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