8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us 5 when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
2:1 The Lord’s angelic messenger 6 went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. 7 I said, ‘I will never break my agreement 8 with you,
2:1 The Lord’s angelic messenger 9 went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. 10 I said, ‘I will never break my agreement 11 with you,
1 tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Or “Arise.”
3 tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”
4 tn Heb “arose and killed.”
5 tn Heb “by not summoning us.”
9 sn See Exod 14:19; 23:20.
10 tn Heb “the land that I had sworn to your fathers.”
11 tn Or “covenant” (also in the following verse).
13 sn See Exod 14:19; 23:20.
14 tn Heb “the land that I had sworn to your fathers.”
15 tn Or “covenant” (also in the following verse).