Judg 6:8 | NET2full | STEP | the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites . He said to them, “ This is what the Lord God of Israel has said : ‘ I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery .

‏ Judges 6:8

8 the Lord sent a prophet ^{▼▼tn Heb “a man, a prophet.” Hebrew idiom sometimes puts a generic term before a more specific designation.} to the Israelites. He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘I brought you up from Egypt ^{▼▼tc Some ancient witnesses read “from the land of Egypt.” מֵאֶרֶץ (meʾerets, “from the land [of]”) could have been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton (note the following מִמִּצְרַיִם [mimmitsrayim, “from Egypt”]).} and took you out of that place of slavery. ^{▼▼tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”}