Judges 20:3

20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

Judges 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ¹  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ² 

Judges 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ³  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ⁴  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ⁵  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

[20:12]  ¹ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ² tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[19:30]  ¹ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[19:30]  ² tn Heb “from the day.”

[19:30]  ³ 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.”’”