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Judges 6:10-12
New English Translation
Judges 6:10-12
New English Translation
10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship[a] the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living.” But you have disobeyed me.’”[b]
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11 The angel of the Lord[c] came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon[d] was threshing[e] wheat in a winepress[f] so he could hide it from the Midianites.[g] 12 The angel of the Lord appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”
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- Judges 6:10 tn Heb “Do not fear.”
- Judges 6:10 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
- Judges 6:11 sn The angel of the Lord is also mentioned in Judg 2:1.
- Judges 6:11 tn Heb “Now Gideon his son….” The Hebrew circumstantial clause (note the pattern vav [ו] + subject + predicate) breaks the narrative sequence and indicates that the angel’s arrival coincided with Gideon’s threshing.
- Judges 6:11 tn Heb “beating out.”
- Judges 6:11 sn Threshing wheat in a winepress. One would normally thresh wheat at the threshing floor outside the city. Animals and a threshing sledge would be employed. Because of the Midianite threat, Gideon was forced to thresh with a stick in a winepress inside the city. For further discussion see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 63.
- Judges 6:11 tn Heb “Midian.”
Judges 6:10-12
New International Version
Judges 6:10-12
New International Version
10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship(A) the gods of the Amorites,(B) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
11 The angel of the Lord(C) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah(D) that belonged to Joash(E) the Abiezrite,(F) where his son Gideon(G) was threshing(H) wheat in a winepress(I) to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,(J) mighty warrior.(K)”
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