Hakim-hakim 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 5:23

5:23 ‘Call judgment down on ⁶  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ⁷  messenger;

‘Be sure ⁸  to call judgment down on ⁹  those who live there,

because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ¹⁰ 

to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ¹¹ 

Hakim-hakim 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹²  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ¹³  The Midianites ¹⁴  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ¹⁵  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ¹⁶ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[5:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”

[5:23]  ⁷ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.

[5:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.

[5:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “[to] curse.”

[5:23]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Or “along with the other warriors.”

[7:1]  ¹² tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ¹³ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ¹⁶ tn Or “fled.”