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Judges 19:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 19:18

Verse 18 of 30

Scripture focus

And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.

Judges 19:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 19:18

Theological / Devotional

House of the Lord. Evidently the Levite referred to Shiloh, where the ark and the tabernacle were located. Shiloh was in Ephraim, perhaps quite near the home of the Levite, and thither he wished to go perhaps to present a thank offering to the Lord for restoring his wife to him, or to present a sin offering for her or for both of them, or even to perform his regular Levitical offices.

The LXX gives the phrase “to the house of the Lord” as “to my house.” In support of this reading is the clear implication of the context which indicates that the Levite was on his way home. On the other hand, both objectives might easily have been in the Levite’s mind.

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