Judges 17:7 “And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been resi…”

Judges 17:7

And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

There was also a yong man out of Bethlehem Iudah, of the familie of Iudah: who was a Leuite, and soiourned there.

Darby Translation

And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-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.

Bible in Basic English

Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

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Cross references

“Beth-lehem-judah”

Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1 Genesis 35:19 Joshua 19:15 Judges 19:1 Judges 19:2

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Matthew 2:1 · BSB

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Genesis 35:19 · BSB

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Joshua 19:15 · BSB

It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

Judges 19:1 · BSB

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 19:2 · BSB

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

8This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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