17
He
tore down the
tower of
Penuel and
killed the
men of the
city.
yev.n;a -t,a g{r]h;Y;w #'t'n lea.Wn.P l;D.gim -t,a.w ? ryi['h
18
Then he
said to
Zebah and
Zalmunna,
"What kind of
men were they
whom you
killed at
Tabor?" And they
said, "They were
like you, each
one resembling the
son of a
king."
~yiv'n]a'h h{pyea ['NUm.l;c -l,a.w x;b,z -l,a r,ma{Y;w ? ~,hw{m.k '$w{m'K .Wr.ma{Y;w rw{b't.B ~,T.g;r]h r,v]a ? .$,l,M;h yen.B r;a{t.K d'x,a
19
He
said, "They were my
brothers, the
sons of my
mother. As the
LORD lives,
if only you had let them
live, I would not
kill you."
h'wh.y -y;x ~eh yiMia -yen.B y;x;a r;ma{Y;w ? ~,k.t,a yiT.g;r'h a{l ~'tw{a ~,tIy]x;h .Wl
20
So he
said to
Jether his
firstborn,
"Rise,
kill them." But the
youth did not
draw his
sword, for he was
afraid,
because he was
still a
youth.
@;l'v -a{l.w ~'tw{a g{r]h ~.Wq w{rw{k.B r,t,y.l r,ma{Y;w ? r;['n .WN,dw{[ yiK aer'y yiK w{B.r;x r;[;N;h
21
Then
Zebah and
Zalmunna said,
"Rise up
yourself, and
fall on us; for as the
man, so is his
strength." So
Gideon arose and
killed Zebah and
Zalmunna, and
took the
crescent ornaments which were on their
camels' necks.
.Wn'B -[;g.p.W h'T;a ~.Wq ['NUm.l;c.w x;b,z r,ma{Y;w ? g{r]h;Y;w !w{[.diG ~'q'Y;w w{t'r.Wb.G vyia'k yiK ? ~yin{r]h;F;h -t,a x;QiY;w ['NUm.l;c -t,a.w x;b,z -t,a ? ~,hyeL;m.g<01581'> yera..W;c.B r,v]a
22
Then the
men of
Israel said to
Gideon,
"Rule over us,
both you and your
son,
also your
son's son, for you have
delivered us from the
hand of
Midian."
.Wn'B -l'v.m !w{[.diG -l,a lea'r.fIy -vyia .Wr.ma{Y;w ? .Wn'T.[;vw{h yiK '$,n.B -n,B ~;G '$.niB -m;G h'T;a -m;G ? !'y.dim d;Yim
23
But
Gideon said to them, "I will not
rule over you,
nor shall my
son rule over you; the
LORD shall
rule over you."
~,k'B yin]a l{v.m,a -a{l !w{[.diG ~,hel]a r,ma{Y;w ? ~,k'B l{v.mIy h'wh.y ~,k'B yin.B l{v.mIy -a{l.w
24
Yet
Gideon said to them, "I would
request * of you, that
each of you
give me an
earring from his
spoil." (For they had
gold earrings,
because they were
Ishmaelites.)
yil -.Wn.t.W h'lea.v ~,Kim h'l]a.v,a !w{[.diG ~,hel]a r,ma{Y;w ? yem.zin(For -yiK w{l'l.v(For ~,z,n vyia ? ~eh ~yilae[.m.vIy yiK ~,h'l b'h'z
25
They
said, "We will
surely give them." So they
spread out a
garment, and
every one of them
threw an
earring there from his
spoil.
h'l.miF;h -t,a .Wf.r.piY;w !eTin !w{t'n .Wr.ma{Y;w ? w{l'l.v ~,z,n vyia h'M'v .Wkyil.v;Y;w
26
The
weight of the
gold earrings that he
requested was
1,700 * * shekels of
gold,
besides * the
crescent ornaments and the
pendants and the
purple robes which were on the
kings of
Midian, and
besides * the
neck bands that were on their
camels' necks.
@,l,a l'a'v r,v]a b'h'Z;h yem.zin l;q.vim yih.y;w ? ~yin{r]h;F;h -nim d;b.l b'h'z tw{aem -[;b.v.W ? !'y.dim yek.l;m l;[,v !'m'G.r;a'h yed.gib.W tw{pij.N;h.w ? ~,hyeL;m.g<01581'> yera..W;c.B r,v]a tw{q'n]['h -nim d;b.l.W
27
Gideon made it into an
ephod, and
placed it in his
city,
Ophrah, and
all Israel played the
harlot with it
there, so that it
became a
snare to
Gideon and his
household.
w{tw{a geC;Y;w dw{pea.l !w{[.dig w{tw{a f;[;Y;w ? wy'r]x;a lea'r.fIy -l'k .Wn.ziY;w h'r.p'[.B w{ryi[.b ? veqw{m.l w{tyeb.l.W !w{[.dig.l yih.y;w ~'v