Judges 17:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 17:7

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.”

10 Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, ^aand be a ^bfather and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went in.

11 Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

12 So Micah ^aconsecrated the Levite, and the young man ^bbecame his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.

13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as ^apriest!”

Verse Comparison: Judges 17:7

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And there was a young man in Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Contemporary English Version
One day a young Levite came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. He had been staying with one of the clans of Judah in Bethlehem, but he had left Bethlehem to find a new place to live where he could be a priest.

Darby English Version
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Good News Bible
At that same time there was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.

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.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.

New International Version
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

New King James Version
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now there lived a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who served as a Levite; and he stayed there.

Revised Standard Version
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

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.

New English Translation
There was a young man from Bethlehem¹ in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.²

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