Hakim-hakim 7:2

7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. ¹  Israel might brag, ²  ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ ³ 

Hakim-hakim 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 

Hakim-hakim 9:28

9:28 Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? ⁶  Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech? ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 19:9

19:9 When the man got ready to leave ⁸  with his concubine and his servant, ⁹  his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! ¹⁰  Stay another night! Since the day is over, ¹¹  stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” ¹² 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”

[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.”

[9:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Zebul his appointee.”

[9:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abimelech) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the man arose to go.”

[19:9]  ⁹ tn Or “young man.”

[19:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”

[19:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “declining.”

[19:9]  ¹² tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”