7:24 Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, “Go down and head off the Midianites. 1 Take control of the fords of the streams 2 all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.” 3 When all the Ephraimites had assembled, 4 they took control of the fords 5 all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.
19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. 9 The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) 10
1 tn Heb “to meet Midian.”
2 tn Heb “capture before them the waters.”
3 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification (also later in this verse).
4 tn Heb “And all the men of Ephraim were summoned.”
5 tn Heb “they captured the waters.”
6 tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”
7 tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”
8 tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”
9 tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”
10 tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
13 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.”