Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ¹  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ²  (The Midianites ³  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 9:33

9:33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.” ⁴ 

Judges 18:9

18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, ⁵  for ⁶  we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, ⁷  but don’t hesitate ⁸  to invade and conquer ⁹  the land.

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¹ tn Heb “said to them.”

² tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”

⁵ tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”

⁶ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”

⁷ tn Heb “But you are inactive.”

⁸ tn Or “be lazy.”

⁹ tn Heb “to go”; “to enter”; “to possess.”