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Judges 20:38-40
New English Translation
Judges 20:38-40
New English Translation
38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush[a] sent up a smoke signal from the city, 39 the Israelites counterattacked.[b] Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites;[c] they struck down[d] about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.” 40 But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.[e]
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- Judges 20:38 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 20:39 tn Heb “turned in the battle.”
- Judges 20:39 tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”
- Judges 20:39 tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Judges 20:40 tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”
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