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Judges 9:35-37
Lexham English Bible
Judges 9:35-37
Lexham English Bible
35 Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and Abimelech and the army that was with him got up from the ambush. 36 When Gaal saw the army, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the top of the mountains!” And Zebul said to him, “The shadows of the mountains look like people to you.”[a] 37 And Gaal spoke again[b] and said, “Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one division[c] is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.”[d]
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- Judges 9:36 Literally “the shadows of the mountains you are seeing as men”
- Judges 9:37 Literally “And he did again again Gaal to speak”
- Judges 9:37 Or “company”
- Judges 9:37 Or “the Sorcerer’s Oak”
Judges 9:35-37
New International Version
Judges 9:35-37
New International Version
35 Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance of the city gate(A) just as Abimelek and his troops came out from their hiding place.(B)
36 When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!”
Zebul replied, “You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.”
37 But Gaal spoke up again: “Look, people are coming down from the central hill,[a] and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners’ tree.”
Footnotes
- Judges 9:37 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
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