KJV King James Version
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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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.
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.
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.
Surrounding context — Judges 17
4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
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.
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.
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].
10 And 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.
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וַיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beנַ֗עַרH5288 · na.aryouthמִבֵּ֥יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֙חֶם֙H1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahמִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוְה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itלֵוִ֖יH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviוְה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itגָֽר־H1481 · gurto sojournשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Ruth 1:1-2Now 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.Micah 5:2But 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.Matthew 2:1Now 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 2:5-6And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,Judges 19:1-2And 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.Joshua 19:15And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
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