Judges 2:2
2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ 1 But you have disobeyed me. 2 Why would you do such a thing? 3
Judges 8:1
8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us 4 when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
Judges 19:23-24
19:23 The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, “No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!
19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s 5 concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. 6 But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”
Judges 20:6
20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces 7 throughout the territory occupied by Israel, 8 because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity 9 in Israel.
1 tn Heb “their altars.”
2 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
3 tn Heb “What is this you have done?”
4 tn Heb “by not summoning us.”
5 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”
7 tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”
8 tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”
9 tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”