Judges 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ¹  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ² 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ³  got angry at him ⁴  and went home ⁵  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

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¹ tn Heb “he sent her.”

² tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

³ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

⁵ tn Heb “went from him.”