Verse 8
Judges 17:8
Free Bible Version
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“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “I'm looking for a place to live.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ הָ/אִ֜ישׁ מֵ/הָ/עִ֗יר מִ/בֵּ֥ית לֶ֨חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה לָ/ג֖וּר בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִמְצָ֑א וַ/יָּבֹ֧א הַר אֶפְרַ֛יִם עַד בֵּ֥ית מִיכָ֖ה לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to dwell wherever he could find, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to make his way.
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Chapter 17 Context
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told his mother, “Those eleven hundred shekels of silver that were stolen from you and that I heard...
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He gave back to his mother the eleven hundred shekels of silver. His mother announced, “I'm complete...
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After he'd returned the silver to his mother she gave two hundred shekels to a silversmith who made...
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Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained o...
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At that time Israel didn't have a king— everyone did what they themselves thought was the right thin...
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One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,
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left Bethlehem to look for a different place to live. As he traveled through the hill country of Eph...
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“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “I'm...
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“Come and stay here with me. You can be my ‘father’ and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of sil...
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and agreed to stay with him. The young man became like a son to him.
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“I'm sure the Lord will bless me now, because I have a Levite as my priest,” Micah concluded.
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