Judges 6:3

6:3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, ¹  the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them. ² 

Judges 6:5

6:5 When they invaded ³  with their cattle and tents, they were as thick ⁴  as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. ⁵  They came to devour ⁶  the land.

Judges 6:33

Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation

6:33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east ⁷  assembled. They crossed the Jordan River ⁸  and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Judges 6:1

Oppression and Confrontation

6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁹  so the Lord turned them over to ¹⁰  Midian for seven years.

Judges 4:1

Deborah Summons Barak

4:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight ¹¹  after Ehud’s death.

[6:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Whenever Israel sowed seed.”

[6:3]  ² tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east would go up, they would go up against him.” The translation assumes that וְעָלוּ (vÿ’alu) is dittographic (note the following עָלָיו, ’alayv).

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “came up.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “numerous.”

[6:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “To them and to their camels there was no number.”

[6:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “destroy.” The translation “devour” carries through the imagery of a locust plague earlier in this verse.

[6:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east.”

[6:33]  ⁸ tn The words “the Jordan River” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[6:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

[4:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”