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Judges 17:7 · KJV

“And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who {was} a Levite, and he sojourned there.”

— Judges 17:7

Verse 6

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

Verse 8

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find {a place}: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. {as he...: Heb. in making his way}

Judges 17 — Context

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. {consecrated: Heb. filled the hand}

6

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

7

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who {was} a Levite, and he sojourned there.

8

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find {a place}: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. {as he...: Heb. in making his way}

9

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I {am} a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find {a place}.

Cross References

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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. {ruled: Heb. judged}

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem 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. {everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity}

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,

Matthew 2:5-6

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

Joshua 19:15

And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

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 Bethlehemjudah. {a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine}

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which {is} Bethlehem.

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