Judges 3:16

3:16 Ehud made himself a sword – it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. ¹  He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ²  who were chosen ³  took supplies ⁴  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁵  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁶  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁷  were camped down below ⁸  in the valley.

[3:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term גֹּמֶד (gomed) denotes a unit of linear measure, perhaps a cubit (the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger – approximately 18 inches [45 cm]). Some suggest it is equivalent to the short cubit (the distance between the elbow and the knuckles of the clenched fist – approximately 13 inches [33 cm]) or to the span (the distance between the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger in a spread hand – approximately 9 inches [23 cm]). See BDB 167 s.v.; HALOT 196 s.v.; B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 142.

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ³ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).