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Judges 9:38-40
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Judges 9:38-40
New English Translation
38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words,[a] ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men[b] you insulted?[c] Go out now and fight them!” 39 So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out[d] and fought Abimelech. 40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal[e] ran from him. Many Shechemites[f] fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.
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- Judges 9:38 tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”
- Judges 9:38 tn Heb “the people.”
- Judges 9:38 tn Or “despised.”
- Judges 9:39 tn Heb “So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem.”
- Judges 9:40 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gaal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 9:40 tn The word “Shechemites” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarification.
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