Hakim-hakim 2:2

2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ ¹  But you have disobeyed me. ²  Why would you do such a thing? ³ 

Hakim-hakim 5:23

5:23 ‘Call judgment down on ⁴  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ⁵  messenger;

‘Be sure ⁶  to call judgment down on ⁷  those who live there,

because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ⁸ 

to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 7:18

7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Hakim-hakim 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ¹⁰  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ¹¹  (The Midianites ¹²  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “their altars.”

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

[5:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”

[5:23]  ⁵ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.

[5:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.

[5:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “[to] curse.”

[5:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”

[5:23]  ⁹ tn Or “along with the other warriors.”

[8:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.