Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas, departed Judges 17:11 He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons. Nehemiah 13:10,11 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country: . . . as he journeyed. Context Micah's Idolatry…7There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there. 8Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas,9He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.… Cross References Joshua 24:33 Eleazar also the son of Aaron died: and they buried him in Gabaath that belongeth to Phinees his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. Judges 17:7 There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there. Judges 17:9 He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage. Ruth 1:1 In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. Lexicon This manהָאִ֜ישׁ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person left וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk the city מֵהָעִ֗יר (mê·hā·‘îr) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement of מִבֵּ֥ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew Bethlehem לֶ֙חֶם֙ (le·ḥem) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun in Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites to settle לָג֖וּר (lā·ḡūr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility where בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ba·’ă·šer) Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he could find [a place]. יִמְצָ֑א (yim·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present And as he traveled, לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make he came וַיָּבֹ֧א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Micah’s מִיכָ֖ה (mî·ḵāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4318: Micah -- the name of several Israelites house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house in the hill country הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim. אֶפְרַ֛יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory Additional Translations This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place , and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey. And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah. And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled. And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way. 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