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And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (לַ) la “of the”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

לָּ֔נוּ (לָּ֔) La. “to <the>”לְבִלְתִּי֙ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “<to> <the>”לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

לְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (לְ) le. “to”לָעָ֖ם (לָ) la. “to the”

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

לִֽצְבָאֲךָ֖ (לִֽ) li “to”

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

לְנֹ֖בַח (לְ) le. “of”

Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה (לְ) l. “to”

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ (לַ) la. “to”

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

לְיֶ֣תֶר (לְ) le. “to”

Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

לִ֕י (לִ֕) l “to <the>”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to <the>”

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”וּלְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

לְאֵפ֗וֹד (לְ) le. “into”לְגִדְע֥וֹן (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (לְ) le. “for”לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”לָשֵׂ֣את (לָ) la. “to”

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (לְ) le. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

לּ֥וֹ (לּ֥) l “to <the>”

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (לֵ) le. “into”

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

לָכֶם֒ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

לְמֶ֑לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

לְיוֹתָ֗ם (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.

לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ (לִ) li “to”לַזַּ֖יִת (לַ) la. “to the”

But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָנ֖וּעַ (לָ) la. “to”

Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.

לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to the”