(A)In those days there was no [a]King in Israel, but every man did that which was good in his own eyes.

¶ There was also a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, [b]of the family of Judah: who was a Levite, and sojourned there.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:6 For where there is no Magistrate fearing God, there can be no true religion or order.
  2. Judges 17:7 Which Bethlehem was in the tribe of Judah.

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