Judges 6:21

6:21 The Lord’s messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. ¹  Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord’s messenger then disappeared. ² 

Judges 6:28

6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw ³  the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

Judges 16:17

16:17 Finally he told her his secret. ⁴  He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, ⁵  for I have been dedicated to God ⁶  from the time I was conceived. ⁷  If my head ⁸  were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”

¹ tn Heb “extended the tip of the staff which was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread.”

² tn Heb “went from his eyes.”

³ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

⁵ tn Heb “all his heart.”

⁶ tn Heb “a razor has not come upon my head.”

⁷ tn Or “set apart to God.” Traditionally the Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) has been translated “Nazirite.” The word is derived from the verb נָזַר (nazar, “to dedicate; to consecrate; to set apart”).

⁸ tn Heb “from the womb of my mother.”

⁹ tn Heb “I.” The referent has been made more specific in the translation (“my head”).