Judges 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 

Judges 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ⁴  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ⁵ 

Judges 7:3

7:3 Now, announce to the men, ⁶  ‘Whoever is shaking with fear ⁷  may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” ⁸  Twenty-two thousand men ⁹  went home; ¹⁰  ten thousand remained.

Judges 13:14

13:14 She should not drink ¹¹  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. ¹²  She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

¹ tn Heb “their altars.”

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

³ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

⁴ tn Heb “Do not fear.”

⁵ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

⁷ tn Heb “call into the ears of the people.”

⁸ tn Heb “afraid and shaking.”

⁹ tc Many interpreters reject the MT reading “and leave Mount Gilead” for geographical reasons. A possible alternative, involving rather radical emendation of the Hebrew text, would be, “So Gideon tested them” (i.e., thinned the ranks in this manner).

¹⁰ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because warriors are in view, and in ancient Israelite culture these would be only males. (This is also the case in vv. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.)

¹¹ tn Or “turned around, back.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “eat.”

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