Judges 8:20

8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ¹  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ²  because he was still young.

Judges 13:15

13:15 Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, ³  so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.” ⁴ 

Judges 16:26

16:26 Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. ⁵  Then I can lean on them.”

Judges 17:7

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17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ⁶  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ⁷ 

Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ⁸  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ⁹  and asked him how he was doing. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Or “Arise!”

² tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”

³ tn Heb “Please allow us to detain you.”

⁴ tn Heb “so we can prepare before you a young goat of the goats.”

⁵ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁷ tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

⁸ tn Heb “turned aside.”

⁹ tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”