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Judges 17:7

Judah

5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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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.

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  • Matthew 2:1

    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

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  • Micah 5:2

    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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  • Ruth 1:1–2

    Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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  • Matthew 2:5–6

    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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  • Joshua 19:15

    And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.

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  • Judges 19:1–2

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

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  • Genesis 35:19

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

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