Judges 19:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ Just then, an old man was coming out of the fields that evening from work. The man was from the mountainous region^[a] of Ephraim and had been staying in Gibeah, even though the men of that place were descendants of Benjamin. ¹⁷ As the old man looked up and saw the traveling man in the public square of the city, he asked, “Now then, where are you headed? And where are you from?”

¹⁸ He replied, “We’re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the mountainous region^[b] of Ephraim, because I’m from there, and I’ve been visiting Bethlehem in Judah. I’m going home now, but no one will take me into his home.