Judges 17:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.
Webster's Revision
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
World English Bible
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Clarke's Judges 17:7 Bible Commentary
Of the family of Judah - The word family may be taken here for tribe; or the young man might have been of the tribe of Judah by his mother, and of the tribe of Levi by his father, for he is called here a Levite; and it is probable that he might have officiated at Shiloh, in the Levitical office. A Levite might marry into any other tribe, providing the woman was not an heiress.
Barnes's Judges 17:7 Bible Commentary
The Hebrew words for "he sojourned there" are, שׁם גר gêr shām, which words are used Judges 18:30 in the genealogy of this young Levite, whose name was "Jonathan, the son of Gershom" (גרשׁם gêreshôm). Hence, some read here, "the son of Gershom."
Wesley's Judges 17:7 Bible Commentary
17:7 Bethlehem - judah - So called here, as 2:1 ,5, to difference it from Bethlehem in Zebulun. There he was born and bred. Of Judah - That is, of or belonging to the tribe of Judah; not by birth, for he was a Levite; but by his habitation and ministration.For the Levites were dispersed among all the tribes; and this man's lot fell into the tribe of Judah.Sojourned - So he expresseth it, because this was not the proper place of his abode, this being no Levitical city.