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10 Bible results for “bethlehem” from Common English Bible, Contemporary English Version, Living Bible, Easy-to-Read Version, and New Living Translation. Results 1-10.

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Judges 12:8

Common English Bible

Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.
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Contemporary English Version

Ibzan
Ibzan, the next leader of Israel, came from Bethlehem.
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Living Bible
The next judge was Ibzan, who lived in Bethlehem.
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Easy-to-Read Version

Ibzan, the Judge
After Jephthah, a man named Ibzan was a judge for the Israelites. Ibzan was from the city of Bethlehem.
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New Living Translation

Ibzan Becomes Israel’s Judge
After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
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Judges 12:9-10

Living Bible
He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married his daughters to men outside his clan and brought in thirty girls to marry his sons. He judged Israel for seven years before he died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
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Judges 12:10

Common English Bible
Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
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Contemporary English Version
before he died and was buried in Bethlehem.
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Easy-to-Read Version
Then Ibzan died and was buried in the city of Bethlehem.
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New Living Translation
When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem.
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Judges 17:7

Common English Bible
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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Contemporary English Version
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 where he could be a priest.
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Living Bible
One day a young priest 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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Easy-to-Read Version
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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New Living Translation
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.
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Judges 17:8

Common English Bible
The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle as an immigrant wherever he could find a place. He came to Micah’s house in the Ephraim highlands while he was making his way.
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Easy-to-Read Version
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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New Living Translation
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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Judges 17:9

Common English Bible
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. He replied, “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m looking to settle as an immigrant anywhere I can find a place.”
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Contemporary English Version
“Where are you from?” Micah asked. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man answered, “and I'm on my way to find a new place to live.”
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Living Bible
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. And he replied, “I am a priest from Bethlehem, in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
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Easy-to-Read Version
Micah asked him, “Where have you come from?” The young man answered, “I am a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a place to live.”
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New Living Translation
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
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Judges 19:1

Common English Bible

A Levite, a woman, and her father
In those days when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living as an immigrant in the far corners of the Ephraim highlands. He married a secondary wife from Bethlehem in Judah.
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Contemporary English Version

A Woman Is Murdered
Before kings ruled Israel, a Levite was living deep in the hill country of the Ephraim tribe. He married a woman from Bethlehem in Judah,
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Living Bible
At this time before Israel had a king, there was a man of the tribe of Levi living on the far side of the hill country of Ephraim, who brought home a girl from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
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A Levite and His Woman Servant
At that time the Israelites did not have a king. There was a Levite who lived far back in the hill country of Ephraim. He had taken as a wife a slave woman. She was from the city of Bethlehem in the country of Judah.
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The Levite and His Concubine
Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
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Judges 19:2

Common English Bible
In an act of unfaithfulness toward him, his secondary wife left him and went back to her father’s household at Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there four full months.
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Contemporary English Version
but she was unfaithful and went back to live with her family in Bethlehem. Four months later
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Living Bible
But she became angry with him and ran away, and returned to her father’s home in Bethlehem, and was there about four months.
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Easy-to-Read Version
But his slave woman had an argument with him. She left him and went back to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.
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New Living Translation
But she became angry with him and returned to her father’s home in Bethlehem. After about four months,
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Judges 19:3

Contemporary English Version
her husband decided to try and talk her into coming back. So he went to Bethlehem, taking along a servant and two donkeys. He talked with his wife, and she invited him into her family's home. Her father was glad to see him
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New Living Translation
her husband set out for Bethlehem to speak personally to her and persuade her to come back. He took with him a servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, her father saw him and welcomed him.
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Judges 19:18

Common English Bible
“We’re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the far corners of the Ephraim highlands,” he replied to the old man. “That’s where I’m from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m heading to my home. But no one has offered to take me in tonight.
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Contemporary English Version
“We've come from Bethlehem in Judah,” the Levite answered. “We went there on a visit. Now we're going to the place where the Lord is worshiped, and later we will return to our home in the hill country of Ephraim. But no one here will let us spend the night in their home.
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Living Bible
“We’re on the way home from Bethlehem, in Judah,” the man replied. “I live on the far edge of the Ephraim hill country, near Shiloh. But no one has taken us in for the night,
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Easy-to-Read Version
The Levite answered, “We have come from Bethlehem in Judah, where I went for a visit. Now I am on my way home, which is a long way into the hill country of Ephraim. I expected that someone here would invite us in for the night, but no one has.
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New Living Translation
“We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I’m returning home. But no one has taken us in for the night,
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