Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ¹  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ²  and asked him how he was doing. ³ 

Judges 18:22

18:22 After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors ⁴  gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ⁵  got angry at him ⁶  and went home ⁷  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 19:26

19:26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master ⁸  was staying until it became light. ⁹ 

Judges 20:8

20:8 All Israel rose up in unison ¹⁰  and said, “Not one of us will go home! ¹¹  Not one of us will return ¹²  to his house!

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¹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

² tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

³ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

⁴ tn Heb “the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house.”

⁵ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

⁷ tn Heb “went from him.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

⁹ tn Heb “The woman came at the turning of the morning and fell at the door of the house of the man where her master was until the light.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “as one man.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to his tent.”

¹² tn Or “turn aside.”