Hakim-hakim 6:25

Gideon Destroys the Altar

6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. ¹  Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ²  and devoured ³  its crops ⁴  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁵  and they took away ⁶  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Hakim-hakim 6:26

6:26 Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. ⁷  Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.”

Hakim-hakim 6:28

6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw ⁸  the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

Hakim-hakim 3:31

3:31 After Ehud ⁹  came ¹⁰  Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, ¹¹  delivered Israel.

Hakim-hakim 14:18

14:18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,

“What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?”

He said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer, ¹² 

you would not have solved my riddle!”

[6:25]  ¹ tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.

[6:4]  ² tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Heb “destroyed.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

[6:4]  ⁶ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:26]  ⁷ tn Possibly “in a row” or “in a layer,” perhaps referring to the arrangement of the stones used in the altar’s construction.

[6:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

[3:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “was.”

[3:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “also he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:18]  ¹² sn Plowed with my heifer. This statement emphasizes that the Philistines had utilized a source of information which should have been off-limits to them. Heifers were used in plowing (Hos 10:11), but one typically used one’s own farm animals, not another man’s.