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Judges 20:14-16
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Judges 20:14-16
New English Translation
14 The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah[a] to make war against the Israelites. 15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities 26,000 sword-wielding soldiers, besides 700 well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.[b] 16 Among this army[c] were 700 specially trained left-handed soldiers.[d] Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.[e]
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- Judges 20:14 tn Heb “assembled from the cities at Gibeah.”
- Judges 20:15 tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered 700 choice men.”
- 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.”
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