Jueces 17:7

7 Y había un joven de Belén de Judá, de la familia de Judá, el cual era levita; y peregrinaba allí

Jueces 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah
As there were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, ( Joshua 19:15 ) and another in the tribe of Judah, the place here designed, Judah is added to it, to distinguish it from the other:

of the family of Judah:
which refers either to the young man, who was by his father's side a Levite, and by his mother's side, as Jarchi thinks, of the tribe of Judah, which seems very probable, though the genealogies of families were not reckoned from the mother; wherefore he might be so called because he had lived chiefly in the tribe of Judah, and particularly at Bethlehem; but Kimchi, and several other Jewish commentators, refer this to the city of Bethlehem, that was of the tribe of Judah, family being put for the tribe; or belonged to the children of Judah; though one would think there was no need to have added this, since it was fully expressed before by calling it Bethlehemjudah; the former sense therefore seems best:

who was a Levite;
his father being, as before observed, of that tribe, though his mother might be of the tribe of Judah: and he sojourned there; that is, at Bethlehem; he was not a native, nor an inhabitant there, but a sojourner, it not being a Levitical city.

Jueces 17:7 In-Context

5 Y tuvo este hombre Micaía burdel de idolatría, y se hizo hacer efod y terafín (los vasos, vestidos e instrumentos pertenecientes al culto idolátrico), y consagró uno de sus hijos; y le fue por sacerdote

6 En estos días no había rey en Israel; cada uno hacía como mejor le parecía

7 Y había un joven de Belén de Judá, de la familia de Judá, el cual era levita; y peregrinaba allí

8 Este varón había partido de la ciudad de Belén de Judá, para ir a vivir donde hallara lugar; y llegando al monte de Efraín, vino a casa de Micaía, para de allí hacer su camino

9 Y Micaía le dijo: ¿De dónde vienes? Y él le respondió: Soy levita de Belén de Judá, y voy a vivir donde hallare lugar