Judges 6:25

Gideon Destroys the Altar

6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. ¹  Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Judges 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants ²  and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family ³  and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. ⁴ 

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁵  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁶  They raped ⁷  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[6:25]  ¹ tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.

[6:27]  ² tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

[6:27]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[6:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

[19:25]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.