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Judges 18:28-30
New English Translation
Judges 18:28-30
New English Translation
28 No one came to the rescue because the city[a] was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone.[b] The city[c] was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites[d] rebuilt the city and occupied it. 29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons.[e] But the city’s name used to be Laish. 30 The Danites worshiped[f] the carved image. Jonathan, descendant[g] of Gershom, son of Moses,[h] and his descendants[i] served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.
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- Judges 18:28 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
- Judges 18:28 tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”
- Judges 18:28 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
- Judges 18:28 tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Judges 18:29 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “erected for themselves.”
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “son.”
- Judges 18:30 tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX mss and the Vulgate, support the reading “Moses” (מֹשֶׁה, mosheh) here. Many Hebrew mss have a nun (נ) suspended above the name between the first two letters (מנשׁה), suggesting the name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, menasheh). This is probably a scribal attempt to protect Moses’ reputation. For discussion, see G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 401-2.
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “sons.”
Judges 18:28-30
New International Version
Judges 18:28-30
New International Version
28 There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon(A) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.(B)
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. 29 They named it Dan(C) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.(D) 30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(E) the son of Moses,[a] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.
Footnotes
- Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh
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