[6:16] 2 tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”
[7:9] 3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[7:9] 4 tn Heb “Go down against.”
[7:9] 5 tn The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.