Judges 11:13

11:13 The Ammonite king said to Jephthah’s messengers, “Because Israel stole ¹  my land when they ²  came up from Egypt – from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. ³  Now return it ⁴  peaceably!”

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁵  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁶  They raped ⁷  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

Judges 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ⁸  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ⁹  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ¹⁰  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

[11:13]  ¹ tn Or “took”; or “seized.”

[11:13]  ² tn Heb “he” (a collective singular).

[11:13]  ³ tn Heb “from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan.” The word “River” has been supplied in the translation with “Arnon” and “Jabbok,” because these are less familiar to modern readers than the Jordan.

[11:13]  ⁴ tc The translation assumes a singular suffix (“[return] it”); the Hebrew text has a plural suffix (“[return] them”), which, if retained, might refer to the cities of the land.

[19:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.

[19:30]  ⁹ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[19:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the day.”

[19:30]  ¹¹ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”