7:9 That night the Lord said to Gideon, 1 “Get up! Attack 2 the camp, for I am handing it over to you. 3
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “Go down against.”
3 tn The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.
4 tn Heb “arise.”
5 tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”
6 tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”
8 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”