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href="/bsb/judges/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/judges/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After delivering the payment, Ehud started home with those who had helped carry the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And it came about, when he had finished presenting the tribute, that <i>Ehud</i> sent away the people who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />It came about when he had finished presenting the tribute, that he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And it came about when he had finished presenting the tribute, that he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And it happened when he had finished bringing the tribute near, that he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Ehud had finished delivering the payment, he sent back the men who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Ehud had given him the gifts, he told the men who had carried them to go back home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As he finished presenting the tribute, Ehud sent away the people who had been carrying it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, when he has finished to bring the present near, that he sends the people carrying the present away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it will be as he finished to bring the gift, and he will send away the people lifting up the gift.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when he had presented the gifts to him, he followed out his companions, who had arrived with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When he had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the troops who had carried the tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent the people who carried the tribute on their way.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when Ehur had finished offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when he had finished offering the gift, he sent away the people bearing the gift<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when <i>Aod</i> had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/3-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=769" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Ehud</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kil·lāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">Ehud had finished</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: lə·haq·rîḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">presenting</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: ham·min·ḥāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">the tribute,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·šal·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">he ushered out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">those</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nō·śə·’ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">who had carried</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: ham·min·ḥāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges 2:16-19</a></span><br />Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. / Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. / Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Judges 4:1-3</a></span><br />After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD. / So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. / Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1-6</a></span><br />Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, / and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. / Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6-16</a></span><br />And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. / So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites, / who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/13-1.htm">Judges 13:1</a></span><br />Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-9.htm">1 Samuel 12:9-11</a></span><br />But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. / Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’ / So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3-5</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad. / Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel. / So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27-28</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-40.htm">Psalm 106:40-43</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. / He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. / Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19-20</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. / All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-28</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-32.htm">Romans 11:32</a></span><br />For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-11</a></span><br />These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-22.htm">Galatians 3:22</a></span><br />But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/12-7.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/joshua/6-13.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/joshua/22-3.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/judges/3-16.htm">Ehud</a> <a href="/joshua/24-20.htm">End</a> <a href="/joshua/22-23.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/judges/3-17.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/judges/3-17.htm">Present</a> <a href="/judges/3-17.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Presenting</a> <a href="/judges/3-17.htm">Tribute</a> <a href="/judges/2-22.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/8-31.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/judges/8-18.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/judges/4-24.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/judges/5-19.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Ehud</a> <a href="/judges/6-21.htm">End</a> <a href="/judges/5-2.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/judges/5-2.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/judges/6-18.htm">Present</a> <a href="/judges/6-19.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-26.htm">Presenting</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">Tribute</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">The nations which were left to prove Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">By communion with them they commit idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-8.htm">Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Ehud from Eglon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-31.htm">and Shamgar from the Philistines</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute</b><br>Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, was chosen by God to deliver Israel from Moabite oppression. The tribute was a form of tax or offering paid by a subjugated people to their conqueror, in this case, Eglon, the king of Moab. This act of presenting tribute was common in ancient Near Eastern cultures as a sign of submission and servitude. The tribute likely consisted of agricultural produce or precious metals, reflecting the economic burden placed on Israel. This moment sets the stage for Ehud's cunning plan to deliver Israel, highlighting the theme of God using unexpected means and people to achieve His purposes.<p><b>he ushered out those who had carried it</b><br>Ehud's action of sending away the carriers of the tribute indicates his strategic planning. By dismissing them, he ensured that he would be alone with King Eglon, facilitating his assassination plan. This reflects Ehud's wisdom and courage, as he took a significant risk to fulfill God's deliverance of Israel. The carriers were likely fellow Israelites, and their departure signifies Ehud's solitary role in the upcoming act of deliverance. This moment foreshadows the individual responsibility and bravery required to confront evil, a theme echoed throughout Scripture, including in the life of Jesus Christ, who faced His mission alone at critical moments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ehud.htm">Ehud</a></b><br>A left-handed judge of Israel from the tribe of Benjamin, chosen by God to deliver Israel from Moabite oppression.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribute.htm">Tribute</a></b><br>A payment made by the Israelites to Eglon, the king of Moab, as a sign of subjugation and servitude.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/eglon.htm">Eglon</a></b><br>The king of Moab who oppressed Israel for eighteen years.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who were under Moabite oppression due to their disobedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance_through_unlikely_means.htm">God's Deliverance through Unlikely Means</a></b><br>Ehud, a left-handed man, was an unlikely hero. God often uses unexpected people and methods to accomplish His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Israel's subjugation to Moab was a direct result of their disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_courage_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Courage in God's Plan</a></b><br>Ehud's bravery in approaching Eglon demonstrates the courage required to follow God's calling, even in dangerous situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Israel's cycle of sin and repentance highlights the need for genuine repentance and turning back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_human_affairs.htm">God's Sovereignty in Human Affairs</a></b><br>Despite Israel's failures, God remained sovereign and orchestrated their deliverance, showing His control over history.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_ehud_in_history_or_the_bible.htm">Who is Ehud in historical or biblical context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ehud_in_1_chr_8_6-7_the_same_as_in_judg_3.htm">In 1 Chronicles 8:6-7, is the reference to Ehud a contradiction of Judges 3, or is it an entirely different person with the same name?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_king_eglon's_death_exaggerated.htm">Could the graphic details of King Eglon's death (Judges 3:21-25) be historically accurate or are they exaggerated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_empower_ehud,_an_assassin.htm">Why does Judges 3:12-15 depict God empowering an assassin (Ehud) if murder is condemned elsewhere in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">The people.</span>--The tribute-bearers, headed by Ehud, would carry their offerings in long and pompous array, according to the fashion of the East, which always aims at making a present seem as large as possible (see <a href="/genesis/32-16.htm" title="And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.">Genesis 32:16</a>). "Fifty persons often bear what one man could easily carry" (Chardin, iii. 217).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/3-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ehud had finished</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּלָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(kil·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">presenting</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַקְרִ֖יב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haq·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the tribute,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּנְחָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he ushered out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְשַׁלַּח֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·šal·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who had carried</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹשְׂאֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(nō·śə·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּנְחָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/3-18.htm">Judges 3:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/3-18.htm">OT History: Judges 3:18 When he had made an end (Jd Judg. 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