1Sa 17:18 | NETfull | STEP | Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.

1 Samuel 17:18

18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ^{▼▼ Heb “officer of the thousand.”} Find out how your brothers are doing ^{▼▼ Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”} and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ^{▼▼ Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”}