Jueces 17:8

8 salió de aquella ciudad en busca de algún otro lugar donde vivir. En el curso de su viaje^[a] llegó a la casa de Micaías en la región montañosa de Efraín.

Jueces 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.

Jueces 17:8 In-Context

6 En aquella época no había rey en Israel; cada uno hacía lo que le parecía mejor.

7 Un joven levita de Belén de Judá, que era forastero y de la tribu de Judá,

8 salió de aquella ciudad en busca de algún otro lugar donde vivir. En el curso de su viaje llegó a la casa de Micaías en la región montañosa de Efraín.

9 —¿De dónde vienes? —le preguntó Micaías.—Soy levita, de Belén de Judá —contestó él—, y estoy buscando un lugar donde vivir.

10 —Vive conmigo —le propuso Micaías—, y sé mi padre y sacerdote; yo te daré diez monedas de plata al año, además de ropa y comida.

Footnotes

• [a] "En el curso de su viaje" . Alt. "Para ejercer su oficio" .