Judges 6:33

Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation

6:33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east ¹  assembled. They crossed the Jordan River ²  and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Judges 9:34

9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up ³  at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into ⁴  four units.

Judges 21:11

21:11 Do this: ⁵  exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. ⁶  But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed. ⁷ 

[6:33]  ¹ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east.”

[6:33]  ² tn The words “the Jordan River” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:34]  ³ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”

[9:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “And this is the thing that you will do.”

[21:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “every woman who is familiar with the bed of a male.”

[21:11]  ⁷ tc Some Greek witnesses (notably Codex Vaticanus [B]) add the words, “‘But the virgins you should keep alive.’ And they did so.” These additional words, which probably represent the original Hebrew text, can be retroverted: וְאֶת־הַבְּתוּלוֹת תְּחַיּוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן (ve’et-habbÿtulot tÿkhayyu vayya’asu khen). It is likely that a scribe’s eye jumped from the vav (ו) on וְאֶת (vÿ’et) to the initial vav of v. 11, accidentally leaving out the intervening letters. The present translation is based on this reconstruction.