Footnotes

1. Judges 7:24 tn Heb “to meet Midian.”
2. Judges 7:24 tn Heb “capture before them the waters.”
3. Judges 7:24 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification (also later in this verse).
4. Judges 7:24 tn Heb “And all the men of Ephraim were summoned.”
5. Judges 7:24 tn Heb “they captured the waters.”
6. Judges 7:25 sn The names Oreb and Zeeb, which mean “Raven” and “Wolf” respectively, are appropriate because the Midianites had been like scavengers and predators to Israel.
7. Judges 7:25 tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “executed.” This has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
8. Judges 7:25 tn Heb “Midian.”
9. Judges 7:25 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in 8:4).
10. Judges 8:1 tn Heb “by not summoning us.”
11. Judges 8:2 tn Heb “gleanings.”
12. Judges 8:2 sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.
13. Judges 8:3 tn Heb “What was I able to do compared to you?”
14. Judges 8:3 tn Heb “Then their spirits relaxed from against him, when he spoke this word.”