Judges 17:7

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5 The man Micah had a ^ashrine, and made an ^bephod and ^chousehold idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 ^aIn those days there was no king in Israel; ^beveryone did what was right in his own eyes.

7 Now there was a young man from ^aBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and ^bwas staying there.

8 The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

9 And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”

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Adam Clarke

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Judges 17:7

Of the family of Judah - The word family may be taken here for tribe; or the young man might have been of the tribe of Judah by his mother, and of the tribe of Levi by his father, for he is called here a Levite; and it is probable that he might have officiated at Shiloh, in the Levitical office. A Levite might marry into any other tribe, providing the woman was not an heiress.

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