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In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.[a]

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There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.[b] This 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.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:6 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
  2. Judges 17:7 tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”
  3. Judges 17:8 tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”