Hakim-hakim 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ¹  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ²  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ³  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

Hakim-hakim 20:42

20:42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook ⁴  them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. ⁵ 

[19:30]  ¹ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[19:30]  ² tn Heb “from the day.”

[19:30]  ³ 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.”’”

[20:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “clung to”; or “stuck close.”

[20:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “and those from the cities were striking them down in their midst.”