Discovery BoxJudges 13:4
Context13:4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. 1
Judges 19:23
Context19:23 The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, “No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!
Judges 6:23
Context6:23 The Lord said to him, “You are safe! 2 Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”
Judges 13:7
Context13:7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. 3 So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. 4 For the child will be dedicated 5 to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
Judges 13:14
Context13:14 She should not drink 6 anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. 7 She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
Judges 4:18
Context4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, 8 my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera 9 stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.
Judges 6:18
Context6:18 Do not leave this place until I come back 10 with a gift 11 and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”
Judges 18:25
Context18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men 12 will attack you, and you and your family will die.” 13
Judges 19:20
Context19:20 The old man said, “Everything is just fine! 14 I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”
Judges 6:39
Context6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. 15 Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” 16
Judges 18:9
Context18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, 17 for 18 we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, 19 but don’t hesitate 20 to invade and conquer 21 the land.
[13:4] 1 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
[6:23] 2 tn Heb “Peace to you.” For a similar use of this idiom to introduce a reassuring word, see Gen 43:23.
[13:7] 3 tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.
[13:7] 4 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
[13:7] 5 tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”
[13:14] 5 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
[4:18] 5 tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).
[4:18] 6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[6:18] 6 tn The Hebrew text adds “to you,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[6:18] 7 tn Heb “and I will bring out my gift.” The precise nuance of the Hebrew word מִנְחָה (minkhah, “gift”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a gift offered as a sign of goodwill or submission. In some cases it is used of a gift offered to appease someone whom the offerer has offended. The word can also carry a sacrificial connotation.
[18:25] 7 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
[18:25] 8 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”
[19:20] 8 tn Heb “Peace to you.”
[6:39] 9 tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”
[6:39] 10 tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”
[18:9] 10 tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”
[18:9] 11 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”
