21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22 And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out. 23 Then Ehud went out into the porch[a] and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him (A)and locked them.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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