Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ¹  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ² 

Judges 8:33

Israel Returns to Baal-Worship

8:33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith ³  their god.

Judges 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁴  and worshiped ⁵  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁶ 

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “and he did so.”

[8:33]  ³ sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “from their midst.”

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).