Beth-lehem-judah So called here, as Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:5, to distinguish it from Bethlehem in Zebulun. There he was born and bred. Of Judah That is, of or belonging to the tribe of Judah; not by birth, for he was a Levite; but by his habitation and ministration. For the Levites were dispersed among all the tribes: and this man's lot fell into the tribe of Judah. Sojourned So he expresseth it, because this was not the proper place of his abode, this being no Levitical city.
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Judges 17:7
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.