Judges 19:9

19:9 When the man got ready to leave ¹  with his concubine and his servant, ²  his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! ³  Stay another night! Since the day is over, ⁴  stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” ⁵ 

Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite ⁶  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ⁷  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. ⁸  But no one has invited me into their home.

[19:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the man arose to go.”

[19:9]  ² tn Or “young man.”

[19:9]  ³ tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”

[19:9]  ⁴ tn Or “declining.”

[19:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”

[19:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ⁸ 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.”