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Judges 17:7
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7 Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the area of the Judahite clan. He was a Levite residing there as an immigrant.

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Judges 17:7-8
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7-8 One day a young Levite came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. He had been staying with one of the clans of Judah in Bethlehem, but he had left Bethlehem to find a new place to live[a] where he could be a priest.[b]

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  1. 17.7,8 place to live: The people of the Levi tribe did not have a large area of land like the other tribes.
  2. 17.7,8 to find … priest: Or “and was on his way to find a new place to live.”
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Judges 17:7-8
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7-8 One day a young priest[a] from the town of Bethlehem, in Judah, arrived in that area of Ephraim, looking for a good place to live. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.

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  1. Judges 17:7 a young priest, literally, “a Levite.”
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Judges 17:7
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7 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.

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Judges 17:7
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7 One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.

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