Judges 17:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 17:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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Judges 17

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.

⁷ 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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