Judges 8:1

8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us ¹  when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

Judges 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ²  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ³  with the Ammonites without asking ⁴  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁵ 

Judges 12:5

12:5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River ⁶  opposite Ephraim. ⁷  Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive ⁸  said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked ⁹  him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

Judges 18:2

18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹⁰  capable men ¹¹  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ¹² 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹³  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁴  from Bethlehem ¹⁵  in Judah.

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ¹⁶  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ¹⁷ 

Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite ¹⁸  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ¹⁹  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. ²⁰  But no one has invited me into their home.

[8:1]  ¹ tn Heb “by not summoning us.”

[12:1]  ² tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

[12:1]  ³ tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”

[12:5]  ³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:5]  ⁴ tn Or “against Ephraim,” that is, so as to prevent Ephraim from crossing.

[12:5]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has a plural form here.

[12:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “say to.”

[18:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

[18:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[18:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”

[19:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁶ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”

[19:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ⁹ 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.”