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Judges 17:8

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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.

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  1. Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Judges 17:10

    And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.