Discovery BoxJudges 6:20 
Context6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, 1 and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. 2
Judges 10:16
Context10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned 3 and worshiped 4 the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. 5
1 tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”
2 tn Heb “and he did so.”
3 tn Heb “from their midst.”
4 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
5 tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).
