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Judges 19:18

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Bible Versions

And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.
And he said {H559} unto him, We are passing {H5674} from Bethlehemjudah {H1035}{H3063} toward the side {H3411} of mount {H2022} Ephraim {H669}; from thence am I: and I went {H3212} to Bethlehemjudah {H1035}{H3063}, but I am now going {H1980} to the house {H1004} of the LORD {H3068}; and there is no man {H376} that receiveth {H622} me to house {H1004}.
He replied, "We're crossing from Beit-Lechem in Y'hudah to the far side of the Efrayim hills. That's where I'm from. I went to Beit-Lechem in Y'hudah, and now I'm going to the house of ADONAI; but there's no one here who will let me spend the night in his home.
The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am now going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house.
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  • Judges 18:31

    And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
  • 1 Samuel 1:3

    And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.
  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
  • Joshua 18:1

    ¶ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
  • Judges 20:18

    ¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.
  • 1 Samuel 1:7

    And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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