Judges 8:1

8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us ¹  when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ²  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ³  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ⁴ 

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁵  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁶  to visit ⁷  us again, so he can teach ⁸  us how we should raise ⁹  the child who will be born.”

Judges 14:18

14:18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,

“What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?”

He said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer, ¹⁰ 

you would not have solved my riddle!”

Judges 18:14

18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish ¹¹  said to their kinsmen, ¹²  “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”

¹ tn Heb “by not summoning us.”

² tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

³ tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

⁴ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

³ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁵ tn Heb “come to.”

⁶ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

⁷ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

⁴ sn Plowed with my heifer. This statement emphasizes that the Philistines had utilized a source of information which should have been off-limits to them. Heifers were used in plowing (Hos 10:11), but one typically used one’s own farm animals, not another man’s.

⁵ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”

⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”