Judges 6:19-20

6:19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat, ¹  along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food ²  to him under the oak tree and presented it to him. 6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ³  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ⁴ 

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁵  so the Lord turned them over to ⁶  Midian for seven years.

Judges 18:30

18:30 The Danites worshiped ⁷  the carved image. Jonathan, descendant ⁸  of Gershom, son of Moses, ⁹  and his descendants ¹⁰  served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “a kid from among the goats.”

[6:19]  ² tn The words “the food” are not in the Hebrew text (an implied direct object). They are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he did so.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

[18:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “erected for themselves.”

[18:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “son.”

[18:30]  ⁹ tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX mss and the Vulgate, support the reading “Moses” (מֹשֶׁה, mosheh) here. Many Hebrew mss have a nun (נ) suspended above the name between the first two letters (מנשׁה), suggesting the name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, mÿnasheh). This is probably a scribal attempt to protect Moses’ reputation. For discussion, see G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 401-2.

[18:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons.”