American Standard Version
"And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. "
— Judges 17:7, American Standard Version
“And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.”
“There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.”
“Micah Hires a Professional There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.”
“There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.”
“Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.”
“And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.”
And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.