Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite41 said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem42 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.43 But no one has invited me into their home.

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41	tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
42	map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
43	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.”