Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite 1  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem 2  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. 3  But no one has invited me into their home.

Judges 17:8

17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. 4 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 5  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 6  from Bethlehem 7  in Judah.

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

3 tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”

4 tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

5 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

6 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.