Judges 7
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Judges 7:8-22

8So the peopleH5971 tookH3947 victualsH6720 in their handH3027, and their trumpetsH7782: and he sentH7971 allH376 the rest of IsraelH3478 every manH376 unto his tentH168, and retainedH2388 those threeH7969 hundredH3967 menH376: and the armyH4264 of MidianH4080 was beneath him in the valleyH6010.

9And it came to pass the same nightH3915, that YhwhH3068 saidH559 unto him, AriseH6965, get thee downH3381 unto the armyH4264; for I have deliveredH5414 it into thine handH3027. 10But if thou fearH3373 to go downH3381, goH3381 thou with PhurahH6513 thy servantH5288 downH3381 to the armyH4264: 11And thou shalt hearH8085 what they sayH1696; and afterwardH310 shall thine handsH3027 be strengthenedH2388 to go downH3381 unto the armyH4264. Then went he downH3381 with PhurahH6513 his servantH5288 unto the outsideH7097 of the armed menH2571 that were in the armyH4264.1 12And the MidianitesH4080 and the AmalekitesH6002 and all the childrenH1121 of the eastH6924 layH5307 along in the valleyH6010 like grasshoppersH697 for multitudeH7230; and their camelsH1581 were without numberH4557, as the sandH2344 by the seaH3220 sideH8193 for multitudeH7230. 13And when GideonH1439 was comeH935, behold, there was a manH376 that toldH5608 a dreamH2472 unto his fellowH7453, and saidH559, Behold, I dreamedH2492 a dreamH2472, and, lo, a cakeH6742 of barleyH8184 breadH3899 tumbledH2015 into the armyH4264 of MidianH4080, and cameH935 unto a tentH168, and smoteH5221 it that it fellH5307, and overturnedH4605H2015 it, that the tentH168 lay alongH5307. 14And his fellowH7453 answeredH6030 and saidH559, This is nothing else save the swordH2719 of GideonH1439 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101, a manH376 of IsraelH3478: for into his handH3027 hath GodH430 deliveredH5414 MidianH4080, and all the armyH4264.

15And it was so, when GideonH1439 heardH8085 the tellingH4557 of the dreamH2472, and the interpretationH7667 thereof, that he worshippedH7812, and returnedH7725 into the armyH4264 of IsraelH3478, and saidH559, AriseH6965; for YhwhH3068 hath deliveredH5414 into your handH3027 the armyH4264 of MidianH4080.2 16And he dividedH2673 the threeH7969 hundredH3967 menH376 into threeH7969 companiesH7218, and he putH5414 a trumpetH7782 in every man’s handH3027, with emptyH7386 pitchersH3537, and lampsH3940 withinH8432 the pitchersH3537.34 17And he saidH559 unto them, LookH7200 on me, and doH6213 likewise: and, behold, when I comeH935 to the outsideH7097 of the campH4264, it shall be that, as I doH6213, so shall ye doH6213. 18When I blowH8628 with a trumpetH7782, I and all that are with me, then blowH8628 ye the trumpetsH7782 also on every sideH5439 of all the campH4264, and sayH559, The sword of YhwhH3068, and of GideonH1439.

19So GideonH1439, and the hundredH3967 menH376 that were with him, cameH935 unto the outsideH7097 of the campH4264 in the beginningH7218 of the middleH8484 watchH821; and they had butH389 newlyH6965 setH6965 the watchH8104: and they blewH8628 the trumpetsH7782, and brakeH5310 the pitchersH3537 that were in their handsH3027. 20And the threeH7969 companiesH7218 blewH8628 the trumpetsH7782, and brakeH7665 the pitchersH3537, and heldH2388 the lampsH3940 in their leftH8040 handsH3027, and the trumpetsH7782 in their rightH3225 handsH3027 to blowH8628 withal: and they criedH7121, The swordH2719 of YhwhH3068, and of GideonH1439. 21And they stoodH5975 every manH376 in his place round aboutH5439 the campH4264: and all the armyH4264 ranH7323, and criedH7321, and fledH5127. 22And the threeH7969 hundredH3967 blewH8628 the trumpetsH7782, And YhwhH3068 setH7760 every man’sH376 swordH2719 against his fellowH7453, even throughout all the armyH4264: and the armyH4264 fledH5127 to Beth–shittahH1029 in ZererathH6888, and to the borderH8193 of Abel–meholahH65, unto TabbathH2888.56

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 7:11 armed men: or, ranks by five. ↩
  2. 2. Judges 7:15 interpretation: Heb. breaking. ↩
  3. 3. Judges 7:16 a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them. ↩
  4. 4. Judges 7:16 lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches. ↩
  5. 5. Judges 7:22 in: or, toward. ↩
  6. 6. Judges 7:22 border: Heb. lip. ↩

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