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Judges 19:29-30
New English Translation
Judges 19:29-30
New English Translation
29 When he got home, he took a knife, grasped his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces.[a] Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel.[b] 30 Everyone who saw the sight[c] said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since[d] the Israelites left the land of Egypt![e] Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
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- Judges 19:29 tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”
- Judges 19:29 tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”
- Judges 19:30 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Judges 19:30 tn Heb “from the day.”
- Judges 19:30 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.”’”
Judges 19:29-30
New International Version
Judges 19:29-30
New International Version
29 When he reached home, he took a knife(A) and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.(B) 30 Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt.(C) Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!(D)”
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