Judges 20:7

20:7 All you Israelites,¹ make a decision here!”²

Judges 1:20

1:20 Caleb received³ Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

Judges 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight,⁴ the Lord did them harm,⁵ just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do.⁶ They suffered greatly.⁷

Judges 3:19-20

3:19 But he went back⁸ once he reached⁹ the carved images¹⁰ at Gilgal. He said to Eglon,¹¹ “I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon¹² said, “Be quiet!”¹³ All his attendants left. 3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated¹⁴ upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God¹⁵ for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat,¹⁶

Judges 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants¹⁷ and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family¹⁸ and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.¹⁹

Judges 18:7

18:7 So the five men journeyed on²⁰ and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there²¹ were living securely, like the Sidonians do,²² undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way.²³ They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.²⁴

Judges 18:10

18:10 When you invade,²⁵ you will encounter²⁶ unsuspecting people. The land is wide!²⁷ God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!”²⁸

Judges 19:19

19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant,²⁹ and the young man who is with your servants.³⁰ We lack nothing.”

Judges 19:24

19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s³¹ concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like.³² But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

¹tn Heb “Look, all of you sons of Israel.”

²tn Heb “give for yourselves a word and advice here.”

³tn Heb “they gave to Caleb.”

⁵tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

⁶tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

⁷tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

⁸tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

⁷tn Or “returned” (i.e., to Eglon’s palace).

⁸tn The words “when he reached” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text simply reads “from.”

⁹tn Or “idols.”

¹⁰tn The words “to Eglon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eglon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Or “Hush!”

⁹tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.

¹⁰tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

¹¹tn Or “throne.”

¹¹tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

¹²tn Heb “house.”

¹³tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

¹³tn Or “went.”

¹⁴tn Heb “who were in its midst.”

¹⁵tn Heb “according to the custom of the Sidonians.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and there was no one humiliating anything in the land, one taking possession [by] force.”

¹⁷tc Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX and Symmachus read “Syria” here rather than the MT’s “men.” This reading presupposes a Hebrew Vorlage אֲרָם (’aram, “Aram,” i.e., Arameans) rather than the MT reading אָדָם (’adam). This reading is possibly to be preferred over the MT.

¹⁵tn Heb “When you enter.”

¹⁶tn Heb “you will come to.”

¹⁷tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

¹⁸tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”

¹⁷tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.

¹⁸tc Some Hebrew mss and ancient witnesses read the singular, “your servant,” which would refer to the Levite. If one retains the plural, then both the Levite and his wife are in view. In either case the pronominal suffix emphasizes their dependence on the old man for shelter.

¹⁹tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”