Judges 9:40

9:40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ¹  ran from him. Many Shechemites ²  fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

Judges 9:52

9:52 Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

Judges 18:16

18:16 Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate. ³ 

Judges 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Judges 9:35

9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

Judges 9:44

9:44 Abimelech and his units ⁴  attacked and blocked ⁵  the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Judges 19:26-27

19:26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master ⁶  was staying until it became light. ⁷  19:27 When her master ⁸  got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

Judges 18:17

18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole ⁹  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gaal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The word “Shechemites” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarification.

³ tn Heb “And the six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war…from the sons of Dan.”

⁵ tn Or possibly, “the unit that was with him.”

⁶ tn Heb “stood [at].”

⁷ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

⁸ tn Heb “The woman came at the turning of the morning and fell at the door of the house of the man where her master was until the light.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

¹¹ tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”

¹² tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”