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Judges 8:32-34
New English Translation
Judges 8:32-34
New English Translation
32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very[a] old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Israel Returns to Baal Worship
33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal Berith[b] their god. 34 The Israelites did not remain true[c] to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.
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- Judges 8:32 tn Heb “good.”
- Judges 8:33 sn Baal Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.
- Judges 8:34 tn Heb “remember.”
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