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(At that time the Israelites did not have a king, so everyone did what they thought was right.)

There was a young man who was a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah. He had been living among the tribe of Judah. He left Bethlehem to look for another place to live. As he was traveling, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of the land of Ephraim.

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In those days (A)there was no king in Israel; (B)every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Now there was a young man from (C)Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was [a]staying there. Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to [b]stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the (D)hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:7 Or sojourning
  2. Judges 17:8 Or sojourn