33:19 They will summon peoples to the mountain,
there they will sacrifice proper 1 sacrifices;
for they will enjoy 2 the abundance of the seas,
and the hidden treasures of the shores. 3
3:15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he 4 raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. 5 The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment. 6
21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
1 tn Or “acceptable”; Heb “righteous” (so NASB).
2 tn Heb “suck.”
3 tn Heb “of the sand” (so NRSV, NLT); CEV “the sandy beach.”
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn The phrase, which refers to Ehud, literally reads “bound/restricted in the right hand,” apparently a Hebrew idiom for a left-handed person. See Judg 20:16, where 700 Benjaminites are described in this way. Perhaps the Benjaminites purposely trained several of their young men to be left-handed warriors by restricting the use of the right hand from an early age so the left hand would become dominant. Left-handed men would have a distinct military advantage, especially when attacking city gates. See B. Halpern, “The Assassination of Eglon: The First Locked-Room Murder Mystery,” BRev 4 (1988): 35.
6 tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.”