Judges 6:22

6:22 When Gideon realized ¹  that it was the Lord’s messenger, he ²  said, “Oh no! ³  Master, Lord! ⁴  I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”

Judges 9:36

9:36 Gaal saw the men ⁵  and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.” ⁶ 

Judges 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ⁷  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ⁸  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ⁹  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

[6:22]  ¹ tn Heb “saw.”

[6:22]  ² tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:22]  ³ tn Or “Ah!”

[6:22]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15], Lord”).

[9:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “the people” (also in vv. 38, 43, 48). These were warriors, so “men” has been used in the translation, since in ancient Israelite culture soldiers would have been exclusively males.

[9:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “the shadow on the hills you are seeing, like men.”

[19:30]  ⁹ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[19:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the day.”

[19:30]  ¹¹ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”