¹⁶ That evening^(A) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,^(B) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

¹⁸ He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord.^[a](A) No one has taken me in for the night.