Judges 19:13

19:13 He said to his servant, ¹  “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns ²  and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

Judges 19:15-16

19:15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night ³  in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. ⁴ 

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ⁵  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁶ 

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ⁷  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ⁸  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

[19:13]  ¹ tn Or “young man.”

[19:13]  ² tn Heb “we will enter one of the places.”

[19:15]  ³ tn Heb “they turned aside there to enter to spend the night.”

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.”

[19:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”

[20:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

[20:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”