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 8:33
Israel Returns to Baal-Worship
8:33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith 3 their god.
Judges 11:21
11:21 The Lord God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took 4 all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.
Judges 11:23
11:23 Since 5 the Lord God of Israel has driven out 6 the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? 7
Judges 20:2
20:2 The leaders 8 of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered 9 four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.
Judges 21:3
21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire 10 tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
1 tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”
2 tn Heb “and he did so.”
3 sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.
4 tn That is, took as its own possession.
5 tn Heb “Now.”
6 tn Or “dispossessed.”
7 tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text.
8 tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.
9 tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
10 tn Heb “one.”