Judges 17:7
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.
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- Ruth 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ A Family Tragedy: Famine and Death During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons. 2 (Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.
- Mic 5:2 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
- Matt 2:1 : 1 The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem
- Matt 2:5-6 : 5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet: 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
- Gen 35:19 : 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
- Josh 19:15 : 15 Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in all they had twelve cities and their towns.
- Judg 19:1-2 : 1 Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 However, she got angry at him and went home to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
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- Judg 17:8-136 verses88%
8This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
9Micah said to him,“Where do you come from?” He replied,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
10Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
11So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
12Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
13Micah said,“Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
- Judg 19:1-22 verses78%
1Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
2However, she got angry at him and went home to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
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1Micah Makes His Own Religion There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
- Judg 17:5-62 verses76%
5Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
6In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
- Judg 18:1-44 verses76%
1The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
2The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
3As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
4He told them what Micah had done for him, saying,“He hired me and I became his priest.”
- Judg 19:15-184 verses75%
15They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.
16But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah.(The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)
17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said,“Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”
18The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.
- Judg 18:13-153 verses74%
13From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
14The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen,“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
15They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house(which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
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6Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses
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36Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.
- Ruth 1:1-22 verses72%
1¶ A Family Tragedy: Famine and Death During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.
2(Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.
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12Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.
- Judg 19:9-135 verses70%
9When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him,“Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”
10But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus(that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master,“Come on, let’s stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”
12But his master said to him,“We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
13He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
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3Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.
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4The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up,“I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night.
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15When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him,“What are you looking for?”
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17Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the LORD there.
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7So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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1The Birth of the Deliverer A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.
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19They said to him,“Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
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27As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.
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2A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
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28No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.
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8Order Restored After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
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18Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah,Omri son of Michael led Issachar,
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3These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem.(While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,
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31Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
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17Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,
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15David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
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9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
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9The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.