Judges 17:8 · KJV
“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 17:8
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who {was} a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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}.
Judges 17 — Context
In those days {there was} no king in Israel, {but} every man did {that which was} right in his own eyes.
7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who {was} a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8And 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}
9And 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}.
10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten {shekels} of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. {a suit...: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments}
Cross References
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill {that pertained to} Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Judges 17:11
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Nehemiah 13:10-11
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given {them}: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.