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^{Judges 3:7 [1]} Various Canaanite goddesses of fertility and warfare.

^{Judges 3:8 [2]} Heb Aram-naharaim; Aram of Two Rivers.

^{Judges 3:9 [3]} Lit deliverer.

^{Judges 3:9 [4]} Othniel was the first of the twelve people God appointed to rescue and lead Israel. In addition to specific judicial duties, the judges served as both civil and military leaders.

^{Judges 3:15 [5]} Lit deliverer.

^{Judges 3:15 [6]} Lit bound in his right hand.

^{Judges 3:16 [7]} I.e. about eighteen inches.

^{Judges 3:16 [8]} If a bodyguard searched Ehud he would have focused on his left side, where a right-handed man would hide a sword.

^{Judges 3:18 [9]} The tribute apparently required a company of people to transport and may have consisted of such things as valuable commodities, precious metals, and domestic animals.

^{Judges 3:19 [10]} These stones may have been either boundary markers or idols.

^{Judges 3:24 [11]} Lit covering his feet (with his garment)—a euphemism for defecating, probably because of the squatting position taken.

^{Judges 3:28 [12]} I.e. narrow or shallow places where a river may be crossed by wading.

^{Judges 3:31 [13]} I.e. a rod with a pointed end or fitted with a spike.

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