Judges 6:4
6:4 They invaded the land 1 and devoured 2 its crops 3 all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, 4 and they took away 5 the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
Judges 19:19
19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, 6 and the young man who is with your servants. 7 We lack nothing.”
Judges 19:30
19:30 Everyone who saw the sight 8 said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since 9 the Israelites left the land of Egypt! 10 Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
1 tn Heb “They encamped against them.”
2 tn Heb “destroyed.”
3 tn Heb “the crops of the land.”
4 tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”
5 tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.
7 tc Some Hebrew mss and ancient witnesses read the singular, “your servant,” which would refer to the Levite. If one retains the plural, then both the Levite and his wife are in view. In either case the pronominal suffix emphasizes their dependence on the old man for shelter.
8 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “from the day.”
10 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.”’”