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Judges 17:6-8
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6 (A) This was before kings ruled Israel, so all the Israelites did whatever they thought was right.

7-8 One day a young Levite came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. He had been staying with one of the clans of Judah in Bethlehem, but he had left Bethlehem to find a new place to live[a] where he could be a priest.[b]

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  1. 17.7,8 place to live: The people of the Levi tribe did not have a large area of land like the other tribes.
  2. 17.7,8 to find … priest: Or “and was on his way to find a new place to live.”
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Judges 17:6-8
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6 In those days Israel had no king;(A) everyone did as they saw fit.(B)

7 A young Levite(C) from Bethlehem in Judah,(D) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[a] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  1. Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
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