Juízes 17:9

9 Mica lhe perguntou: “De onde você vem?”“Sou levita, de Belém de Judá”, respondeu ele. “Estou procurando um lugar para morar”.

Juízes 17:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 17:9

And Micah said unto him, whence comest thou?
&c.] For as he might ask for a meal, or for a night's lodging, it was but natural to put such a question to him, as from whence he came, and what was his business in these parts? or whither he was going?

and he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah;
the tribe he was of was Levi, and so a Levite by tribe and office, and the place he came last from, and where he had sojourned awhile, was Bethlehem, a city in the tribe of Judah:

and I go to sojourn where I may find a place;
the most convenient to abide in, where he could get a livelihood.

Juízes 17:9 In-Context

7 Um jovem levita de Belém de Judá, procedente do clã de Judá,

8 saiu daquela cidade em busca de outro lugar para morar. Em sua viagem, chegou à casa de Mica, nos montes de Efraim.

9 Mica lhe perguntou: “De onde você vem?”“Sou levita, de Belém de Judá”, respondeu ele. “Estou procurando um lugar para morar”.

10 “Fique comigo”, disse-lhe Mica. “Seja meu pai e sacerdote, e eu darei a você cento e vinte gramas de prata por ano, roupas e comida”.

11 O jovem levita concordou em ficar com Mica, e tornou-se como um dos seus filhos.