Judges 17:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.”
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“And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he <FI>is<Fi> a Levite, and he <FI>is<Fi> a sojourner there.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 17:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Joshua 19:15It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Judges 12:5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
- Judges 12:8After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- Micah 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
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