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Judges 20:16-18
New English Translation
Judges 20:16-18
New English Translation
16 Among this army[a] were 700 specially trained left-handed soldiers.[b] Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.[c] 17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered 400,000 sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.[d]
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God,[e] “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?”[f] The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”
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- Judges 20:16 tn Heb “And from all this people.”
- Judges 20:16 tn Heb “700 choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.
- Judges 20:16 tn “at a single hair and not miss.”
- Judges 20:17 tn Heb “a man of war.”
- Judges 20:18 tn Heb “They arose and went up to Bethel and asked God, and the Israelites said.”
- Judges 20:18 tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”
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