Verse 9
Judges 17:9
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמֶר ל֥/וֹ מִיכָ֖ה מֵ/אַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜י/ו לֵוִ֣י אָנֹ֗כִי מִ/בֵּ֥ית לֶ֨חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וְ/אָנֹכִ֣י הֹלֵ֔ךְ לָ/ג֖וּר בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶמְצָֽא
English Translation
And Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to dwell wherever I find a place."
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Chapter 17 Context
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There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim whose name was Michas,
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Who said to his mother: The eleven hundred pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thyself,...
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So he restored them to his mother, who said to him: I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the...
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And he restored them to his mother: and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the s...
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And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is...
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In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
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There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and...
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Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it con...
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He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going...
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And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year...
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He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying:
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Now I know God (Elohim) will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.
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