Judges 8:26

8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. ¹  This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, ²  purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. ³ 

Judges 6:40

6:40 That night God did as he asked. ⁴  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Judges 20:17

20:17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. ⁵ 

Judges 3:20

3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated ⁶  upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God ⁷  for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, ⁸ 

Judges 6:37

6:37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it ⁹  is dry, then I will be sure ¹⁰  that you will use me to deliver Israel, ¹¹  as you promised.”

Judges 6:39

6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹²  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ¹³ 

Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ¹⁴  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ¹⁵ 

Judges 20:15

20:15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. ¹⁶ 

[8:26]  ¹ sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

[8:26]  ² tn Or “pendants.”

[8:26]  ³ tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”

[6:40]  ⁴ tn Heb “God did so that night.”

[20:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man of war.”

[3:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.

[3:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

[3:20]  ¹² tn Or “throne.”

[6:37]  ¹³ tn Heb “all the ground.”

[6:37]  ¹⁴ tn Or “know.”

[6:37]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:39]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[7:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the people.”

[7:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

[20:15]  ²² tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”