Judges 2:1

Confrontation and Repentance at Bokim

2:1 The Lord’s angelic messenger ¹  went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. ²  I said, ‘I will never break my agreement ³  with you,

Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ⁴  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ⁵ 

Judges 7:25

7:25 They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. ⁶  They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb ⁷  in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites ⁸  and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River. ⁹ 

Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ¹⁰  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ¹¹  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ¹²  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 13:14

13:14 She should not drink ¹³  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. ¹⁴  She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

Judges 14:9

14:9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned ¹⁵  to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass. ¹⁶ 

Judges 19:11

19:11 When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late ¹⁷  and the servant ¹⁸  said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at ¹⁹  this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

Judges 21:5

21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. ²⁰ 

Judges 21:19

21:19 However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel ²¹  (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”

[2:1]  ¹ sn See Exod 14:19; 23:20.

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “the land that I had sworn to your fathers.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Or “covenant” (also in the following verse).

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the people.”

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

[7:25]  ⁶ sn The names Oreb and Zeeb, which mean “Raven” and “Wolf” respectively, are appropriate because the Midianites had been like scavengers and predators to Israel.

[7:25]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “executed.” This has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in 8:4).

[11:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ¹² tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

[13:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “eat.”

[13:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”

[14:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “went.” Samson apparently went home to his parents before going to Timnah for the marriage. Seeing and tasting the honey appears to encourage Manoah to go with his son to Timnah. Perhaps both Samson and his father viewed the honey as a good omen of future blessing. Possibly Samson considered it a symbol of sexual pleasure or an aphrodisiac. Note the use of honey imagery in Song 4:11 and 5:1.

[14:9]  ¹⁶ sn Touching the carcass of a dead animal undoubtedly violated Samson’s Nazirite status. See Num 6:6.

[19:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the day was descending greatly.”

[19:11]  ¹⁸ tn Or “young man.”

[19:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “turn aside” (also in the following verse).

[21:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’”

[21:19]  ²¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.