Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ¹  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ² 

Judges 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ³  and worshiped ⁴  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

² tn Heb “and he did so.”

³ tn Heb “from their midst.”

⁴ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

⁵ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).