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Read Full Chapter (Judges 17) Judges 17:9 KJV
"And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place."
Judges Chapter 17, Verse 9
Judges 17:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.*
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And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.*
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.