Discovery BoxJudges 8:19 
Context8:19 He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, 1 as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Judges 11:37
Context11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. 2 For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” 3
Judges 19:23-24
Context19:23 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 4 concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. 5 But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”
1 tn The words “I swear” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
3 tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”
