A moment in scripture
Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
The surrounding passage
- Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
- Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 17:8
And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
- Judges 17:9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.