Judges 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.

Jos 18:1; Jud 18:31; Jud 19:5; Jud 20:18; 1Sa 1:3,7; Ps 26:9; Joh 15:6

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.”