Hakim-hakim 7:6

7:6 Three hundred men lapped; ¹  the rest of the men ²  kneeled to drink water.

Hakim-hakim 13:14

13:14 She should not drink ³  anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. ⁴  She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

[7:6]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text adds, “with their hands to their mouths,” This makes no sense in light of v. 5, which distinguishes between dog-like lappers (who would not use their hands to drink) and those who kneel (who would use their hands). It seems likely that the words “with their hands to their mouths” have been misplaced from v. 6. They fit better at the end of v. 5 or v. 6. Perhaps these words were originally a marginal scribal note which was later accidentally inserted into the text in the wrong place.

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “eat.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”