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Judges 8:2

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8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes 1  are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! 2 

1 tn Heb “gleanings.”

2 sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.



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