Judges 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants ¹  and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family ²  and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. ³ 

Judges 7:4

7:4 The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. ⁴  Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. ⁵  When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; ⁶  when I say, ⁷  ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.” ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

⁴ tn Heb “too many people.”

⁵ tn Heb “test them for you there.”

⁶ tn Heb “he should go with you.”

⁷ tn Heb also has “to you.”

⁸ tn Heb “he should not go.”