Judges 15:4

15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals ¹  and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. ² 

Judges 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ³  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ⁴ 

Judges 7:20

7:20 All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. ⁵  Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

Judges 15:5

15:5 He lit the torches ⁶  and set the jackals loose in the Philistines’ standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

[15:4]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “foxes.”

[15:4]  ² tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “heads.”

[7:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:20]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “He set fire to the torches.”