Judges 4:14

4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, ¹  for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! ²  Has the Lord not taken the lead?” ³  Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ⁴  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ⁵  The Midianites ⁶  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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¹ tn Heb “Arise!”

² tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

³ tn Heb “Has the Lord not gone out before you?”

⁴ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

⁵ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

⁶ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).