Judges 17:8

King James Version (KJV)

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

To sojourn where he could find - He went about the country seeking for some employment, for the Levites had no inheritance: besides, no secure residence could be found where there was no civil government.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Jonathan‘s state without a home gives us vivid picture of what must have been the condition of many Levites.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

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Cross References

departed

Judges 17:11

Nehemiah 13:10

Nehemiah 13:11

The Period of the Judges

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