11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out 7 to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. 8 She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes 9 and gave them 10 to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. 11
21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. 12 They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. 13 They went home 14 to their own territory, 15 rebuilt their cities, and settled down. 16
1 tn Heb “you.” The Hebrew pronoun is masculine plural, probably referring to the entire army.
2 tn The Hebrew pronoun here is singular.
3 tn Heb “All the people should go, each to his place.”
4 tn Heb “his brothers.”
5 tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Heb “remained.”
7 tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”
8 tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”
9 tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”
10 tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”
11 tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”
12 tn Heb “did so.”
13 tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”
14 tn Heb “went and returned.”
15 tn Heb “inheritance.”
16 tn Heb “and lived in them.”