Judges 17:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 [a]In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes.(A)
7 There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite residing there.(B) 8 The man set out from the city, Bethlehem of Judah, to take up residence wherever he could find a place. On his journey he came into the mountain region of Ephraim as far as the house of Micah.
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- 17:6 This refrain, which will be repeated fully or in part three more times (18:1; 19:1; 21:25), calls attention to the disorder and lawlessness that prevailed before the establishment of kingship in Israel. In this case the problem is cultic impropriety, seen not only in the making of an idol but in the establishment of a local temple, complete with an ephod and teraphim.
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