19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 1 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 2 from Bethlehem 3 in Judah.
19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. 4 The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) 5
1 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
2 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
4 tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”
5 tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”