Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men¹ down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.”²

Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us³ to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request.⁴ Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate.⁵ So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid⁶ in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here,⁷ Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire.⁸ The secret of his strength was not discovered.⁹

Judges 16:30

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard¹⁰ and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life.¹¹

Judges 18:2

18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives,¹² capable men¹³ from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.¹⁴

¹tn Heb “the people.”

²tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

³tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

⁴tn Heb “did not listen.”

⁵tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

⁵tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).

⁶tn Heb “are upon you.”

⁷tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

⁸tn Heb “His strength was not known.”

⁷tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

⁸tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”

⁹tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

¹⁰tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

¹¹tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”