Judges 18:3 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 18:3

And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

BSB

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ASV

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

KJV

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

When they were by the house of Micah,.... At their inn, which might be next to it, or as they were passing by it: they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; who had been in their country, and they had been in his company and conversation, and they knew the tone of his voice when they heard it; a particular brogue he might have.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It does not follow that they had known him before, and recognized his voice, though it may be so. But the Hebrew equally bears the sense that they heard the voice of the Levite; and, attracted by it, went into the chapel Jdg 18:18 where Jonathan was. They were probably just starting on their journey, but were still within the court or precincts of Micah’s house. Micah had evidently not told them of his house of God, and his Levite. Their questions indicate surprise.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֚מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
עִם־	'im-	[were] near	H5973 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
מִיכָ֔ה	mi.Khah	Micah	H4318 →
וְהֵ֣מָּה	ve.He.mah	and they	H1992 →
הִכִּ֔ירוּ	hi.Ki.ru	they recognized	H5234 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
ק֥וֹל	Kol	[the] voice of	H6963 →
הַנַּ֖עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the young man	H5288 →
הַלֵּוִ֑י	ha.le.Vi	the Levite	H3881 →
וַיָּס֣וּרוּ	vai.ya.Su.ru	and they turned aside	H5493 →
שָׁ֗ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ	vai.Yo.me.ru	and they said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
הֱבִיאֲךָ֣	he.vi.'a.Kha	did he bring you	H935 →
הֲלֹ֔ם	ha.Lom	here	H1988 →
וּמָֽה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
אַתָּ֥ה	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
עֹשֶׂ֛ה	'o.Seh	doing	H6213 →
בָּזֶ֖ה	ba.Zeh	in this [place]	H2088 →
וּמַה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
לְּךָ֥	le.Kha	[belongs] to <the> you
פֹֽה׃	Foh	here	H6311 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
leads to
- Matthew 27:60
  and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
  During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the…
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
  And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
- Job 3:14
  with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Through
Matthew 26:73
After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
leads to
- Judges 12:6
  they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000…
- John 18:26–27
  One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”
Through
Judges 12:6
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000…
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Matthew 12:25
  Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

About Judges

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Judges

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Judges