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He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.

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left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[a] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  1. Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession

10 I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and the singers who were to conduct the worship services had all returned to work their fields. 11 I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.

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10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them,(A) and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.(B) 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”(C) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

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11 The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah’s sons.

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11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

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33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died. He was buried in the hill country of Ephraim, in the town of Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas.

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33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(A) died and was buried at Gibeah,(B) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(C) in the hill country(D) of Ephraim.

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