Verse 9
Judges 17:9
World English Bible
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Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?”
He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
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
1
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which yo...
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He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certain...
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4
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave the...
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5
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his so...
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6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
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There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived...
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The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and h...
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9
Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?”
He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and...
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Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten piece...
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11
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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12
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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13
Then Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
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