SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023 – Page 3

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 19:5

19:5a On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart,

Early in the morning on the fourth day, the Levite and his wife got up and were preparing to leave.
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They got up early the next morning on day four, with the intent of leaving. The man started packing up

19:5b but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law,

Then her father told his son-in-law,
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when his father-in-law, the woman’s father, told him

19:5c “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

“First eat some bread. That will give you (sing.) strength ⌊for your journey⌋ . Then you (plur.) can go.”
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to have something to eat. He said they must eat before they left.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 20:7

20:7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

Now it is up to you (plur.) the Israel people. Tell me what you are going to do about it.”
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Now people of Israel. Decide what you will do and tell me what you think.”

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 20:39

20:39a the men of Israel would turn in the battle.

Then the other Israelites would attack.
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⌊This would be the signal for⌋ the main group of Israel soldiers to turn and attack ⌊the Benjamin soldiers⌋ .

20:39b When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel,

So when the Benjamin soldiers had killed about thirty Israel soldiers
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Then the soldiers of Benjamin began to win and they killed about thirty (30) soldiers of Israel.

20:39c they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

they said to each other, “We (incl.) are winning the battle just like we did before.”
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They thought they were going to defeat them as they had before.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 21:23

21:23a The Benjamites did as instructed

So the Benjamin men did what the Israel men said.
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So the men of Benjamin did what they told them.

21:23b and carried away the number of women they needed

Each of them grabbed one to take to be his wife
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Every man took hold of a dancer and carried her off as his wife

21:23c from the dancers they caught.

while the young women were dancing.
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during the dance.

21:23b-c (reordered)

As the young women were dancing, each of the Benjaminites grabbed one to take to be his wife.

21:23d They went back to their own inheritance,

They went back to their land
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When they returned home to their land

21:23e rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

and rebuilt their towns ⌊which had been destroyed⌋ and lived in them again.
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they built the towns back where they had been and they lived there.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 1:19

1:19a The LORD was with Judah,

Yahweh helped the people of Judah.
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Yahweh was with the army of the clan of Judah.

1:19b and they took possession of the hill country;

They conquered the mountains
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They took control of the towns in the hills

1:19c but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains

but they could not drive out the people who lived on the plains
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but they could not force the people who lived in the lowlands to leave ⌊their land⌋ .

1:19d because they had chariots of iron.

because they had iron chariots.
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⌊They couldn’t do so⌋ because they had war carts made of iron.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2:15

2:15a Wherever Israel marched out,

Every time the Israelites went out to battle,
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Each time the people of Israel went to fight,

2:15b the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity,

Yahweh made them lose the battle,
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Yahweh helped the enemies to win.

2:15c just as He had sworn to them.

as he has sworn he would do.
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That was what Yahweh promised he would do.

2:15d So they were greatly distressed.

So they endured great suffering.
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Because of this the people of Israel were very miserable.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 3:24

3:24a After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked.

After Ehud had gone the servants arrived and saw that the doors were locked.
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After he had gone out, the officials ⌊of the king⌋ came to see him. ⌊But when they came to his room⌋ they saw that the doors were locked.

3:24b “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

They said, “The king must be defecating inside.”
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They thought the king must be going to the toilet.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 5:1

Section 5:1–31

Deborah and Barak sang about their victory

5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

On that same day Deborah sang this song with Barak son of Abinoam:
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On that day ⌊after the battle⌋ Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang a song. They sang,

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023