Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ¹  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ²  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ³  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁴  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁵  They raped ⁶  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ⁷  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ⁸  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

[11:17]  ¹ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ² tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

[19:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.

[20:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

[20:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”