Judges 3:2

3:2 He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war. ¹ 

Judges 19:20

19:20 The old man said, “Everything is just fine! ²  I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

Judges 6:39

6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ³  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.” ⁴ 

Judges 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out ⁵  to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. ⁶  She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Judges 14:16

14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder ⁷  and said, “You must ⁸  hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men ⁹  a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?” ¹⁰ 

[3:2]  ¹ tn The Hebrew syntax of v. 2 is difficult. The Hebrew text reads literally, “only in order that the generations of the Israelites might know, to teach them war – only those who formerly did not know them.”

[19:20]  ² tn Heb “Peace to you.”

[6:39]  ³ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[11:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

[11:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sons of my people.”

[14:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “Should I tell you?”