Judges 7:11

7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave ¹  and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. ² 

Judges 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ³  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ⁴ 

Judges 19:11

19:11 When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late ⁵  and the servant ⁶  said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at ⁷  this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

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, ⁸  and the young man who is with your servants. ⁹  We lack nothing.”

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¹ tn Heb “your hands will be strengthened.”

² tn Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”

³ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

⁴ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

⁵ tn Heb “and the day was descending greatly.”

⁶ tn Or “young man.”

⁷ tn Heb “turn aside” (also in the following verse).

⁸ tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.

⁹ 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.