Judges 11:2

11:2 Gilead’s wife also gave ¹  him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, ²  because you are another woman’s son.”

Judges 13:6

13:6 The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God ³  came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome. ⁴  I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

Judges 19:27

19:27 When her master ⁵  got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

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¹ tn Heb “bore.”

² tn Heb “in the house of our father.”

³ tn Heb “The man of God.”

⁴ tn Heb “His appearance was like the appearance of the messenger of God, very awesome.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.