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Judges 17:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.” "

Judges 17:9

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

8 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

9 Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”

10 Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.

11 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

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Judges 18:3

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"When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”"

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Judges 18:15

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"They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing."

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1 Samuel 16:4

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"Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”"

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Jeremiah 40:6

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"Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land."

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2 Samuel 1:3

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"David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”"

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Luke 2:4

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"Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,"

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Judges 17:1

"There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah."

Judges 17:2

"He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May the LORD bless my son!”"

Judges 17:3

"He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”"

Judges 17:4

"When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah."

Judges 17:5

"The man Micah had a house of gods, and he 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. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes."

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