Judges 9:27

They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹  squeezed out the juice, ²  and celebrated. They came to the temple ³  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Ex 32:6,19; Le 24:11; Jud 9:4; Jud 16:23; 1Sa 17:43; Ps 109:17; Isa 16:9,10; Isa 22:12-14; Isa 24:7-9; Jer 25:30; Da 5:1-4,23; Am 6:3-6; Lu 12:19,20; Lu 17:26-29

¹ tn Heb “vineyards.”

² tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

³ tn Heb “house.”