Judges 17:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to stay where I may find a place.

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  • Judg 17:7-8
    2 verses
    89%

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

    8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

  • Judg 17:10-13
    4 verses
    84%

    10And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

    11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

    13Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

  • Judg 18:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

    4And he said to them, Thus and thus does Micah deal with me, and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

    5And they said to him, Please inquire of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be successful.

    6And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way is before the LORD.

  • Judg 19:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    15They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city, for there was no one who took them into his house to lodge.

    16And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also from Mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17When he lifted up his eyes, he saw a traveler in the street of the city, and the old man said, "Where are you going? And where do you come from?"

    18He said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah toward the side of Mount Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to the house of the LORD, and there is no one who receives me into their house.

  • Deut 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

    7Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

  • Judg 17:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

    2And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my son.

    3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.

    4Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a carved image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

    5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13And they passed from there to Mount Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

    14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.

    15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, What are you doing?

    19And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • Judg 19:13
    70%

    13He said to his servant, "Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah."

  • Judg 20:4
    70%

    4And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

  • Gen 37:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

    16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

  • Judg 19:1
    68%

    1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    67%

    16And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What happened, my son?

  • Judg 18:23-24
    2 verses
    67%

    23And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you, that you come with such a company?

    24And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made and the priest, and you have gone away; what more do I have? And how can you say to me, What troubles you?

  • Mic 5:2
    67%

    2But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.

  • 1 Chr 17:5
    66%

    5For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    66%

    3And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

  • Deut 17:9
    66%

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

  • Jer 26:17
    66%

    17Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    66%

    4And Samuel did what the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Do you come peaceably?

  • Ruth 1:1
    65%

    1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

  • Neh 11:36
    65%

    36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah and in Benjamin.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14-15
    2 verses
    65%

    14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.

    15Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

  • Ps 132:5
    65%

    5Until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.

  • Judg 19:9
    65%

    9When the man arose to depart with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening; please stay all night. Look, the day ends; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go early on your way that you may go home."

  • Deut 14:27
    65%

    27And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.