Judges 18:2

18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹  capable men ²  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ³ 

Judges 9:4

9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous ⁴  men as his followers. ⁵ 

Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ⁶  his half-brothers ⁷  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ⁸ 

Judges 18:25

18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men ⁹  will attack you, and you and your family will die.” ¹⁰ 

Judges 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ¹¹  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ¹² 

Judges 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants ¹³  and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family ¹⁴  and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. ¹⁵ 

Judges 20:10

20:10 We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. ¹⁶  When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.” ¹⁷ 

[18:2]  ¹ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

[18:2]  ² tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they followed him.”

[11:3]  ⁷ tn Or “fled from.”

[11:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[11:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

[18:25]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”

[20:12]  ¹³ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[6:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

[6:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[6:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

[20:10]  ¹⁹ tn Or “people.”

[20:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to do at their arrival in Geba of Benjamin according to all the disgraceful [thing] which he [collective = “Benjamin”] did in Israel.” Here “Geba” must be an error for “Gibeah.”