Judges 11:12
Jephthah Gives a History Lesson
11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have 1 you come against me to attack my land?”
Judges 14:16
14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder
2 and said, “You must
3 hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men
4 a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”
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Judges 18:19
18:19 They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser
6 and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
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1 tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”
2 tn Heb “on him.”
3 tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”
4 tn Heb “the sons of my people.”
5 tn Heb “Should I tell you?”
3 tn See the note on the word “adviser” in 17:10.
4 tn Heb “Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man or for you to be priest for a tribe, for a clan in Israel?”