And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy