Discovery BoxJudges 9:13 
Context9:13 But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’ 1
Judges 13:14
Context13:14 She should not drink 2 anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. 3 She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
Judges 19:19
Context19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, 4 and the young man who is with your servants. 5 We lack nothing.”
1 tn Heb “Should I stop my wine, which makes happy gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.
2 tn Heb “eat.”
3 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
4 tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.
5 tc Some Hebrew
