Discovery BoxJudges 19:29-30 
Context19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. 1 Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. 2 19:30 Everyone who saw the sight 3 said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since 4 the Israelites left the land of Egypt! 5 Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
1 tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”
2 tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”
3 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “from the day.”
5 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.”’”
