Judges 6:28

6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw ¹  the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ²  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ³  The Midianites ⁴  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ⁵  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ⁶  So they ate a meal together.

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁷  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁸  They raped ⁹  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

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¹ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

² tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

³ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

⁴ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

⁵ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

⁶ tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

⁹ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.