Shìshījì 17:8

8 Zhè rén líkāi Yóudà de Bólìhéng chéng , yào zhǎo yī gè kĕ zhù de dìfang . xíng lù de shíhou , dào le Yǐfǎlián shān dì , zǒu dào Mǐjiā de jiā .

Shìshījì 17:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 17:8

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah,
to sojourn where he could find a place Either being a man that had a rambling head, and of an unsettled mind, and could not easily fix any where; or else there being no supreme magistrate, to take care that the Levites had their due maintenance, for which there was a sufficient provision made by law; and the people being negligent of paying their tithes, there being none to oblige them to it, and they indifferent to the true worship of God, and prone to idolatry; this man was obliged to go abroad, and seek for a livelihood where he could get it, and sojourn in a place the most convenient for him:

and he came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed:
not with a design to stay there, but called by the way, having heard perhaps that Micah was both a wealthy and an hospitable man, and he also might have heard of the new form of worship he had set up in his house.

Shìshījì 17:8 In-Context

6 Nàshí Yǐsèliè zhōng méiyǒu wáng , gèrén rènyì ér xíng .

7 Yóudà de Bólìhéng yǒu yī gè shàonián rén , shì Yóudà zú de Lìwèi rén , tā zaì nàli jìjū .

8 Zhè rén líkāi Yóudà de Bólìhéng chéng , yào zhǎo yī gè kĕ zhù de dìfang . xíng lù de shíhou , dào le Yǐfǎlián shān dì , zǒu dào Mǐjiā de jiā .

9 Mǐjiā wèn tā shuō , nǐ cóng nǎli lái . tā huídá shuō , cóng Yóudà de Bólìhéng lái . wǒ shì Lìwèi rén , yào zhǎo yī gè kĕ zhù de dìfang .

10 Mǐjiā shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ zhù zaì wǒ zhèlǐ , wǒ yǐ nǐ wéi fù , wèi jìsī . wǒ mĕi nián gĕi nǐ shí Shĕkèlè yínzi , yī tào yīfu hé dù rì de shíwù . Lìwèi rén jiù jìn le tāde jiā .