Judges 17:6-8

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⁶ At that time Israel did not have a king, so everyone did what seemed right in their own eyes [^Cthe common refrain through the rest of Judges, referring both to the lack of a human king and the rejection of God’s sovereignty; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25].

⁷ There was a young man who was a Levite [^Cthe priestly tribe of Israel; Num. 1:47–53] from the city of Bethlehem in Judah who was ·from [or living among] the people of Judah. ⁸ He left Bethlehem to look for another place to live, and ·on his way [or to carry on his vocation] he came to Micah’s house in the ·mountains [hill country] of Ephraim.