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

Judges 6:8

8 he ^{▼▼Heb “the Lord”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.} sent a prophet ^{▼▼Heb “a man, a prophet.”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 says: ‘I brought you up from Egypt ^{▼▼ Some ancient witnesses read “from the land of Egypt.” מֵאֶרֶץ (me’erets, “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. ^{▼▼ Heb “of the house of slavery.”}