Judges 7
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Judges 7:8-22

8So the peopleH5971 tookH3947 provisionsH6720 in their handH3027, and their trumpetsH7782: and he sentH7971 allH376 the rest of IsraelH3478 every manH376 to his tentH168, and retainedH2388 those threeH7969 hundredH3967 menH376: and the hostH4264 of MidianH4080 was beneath him in the valleyH6010.

9And it came to pass the same nightH3915, that the LORDH3068 saidH559 to him, AriseH6965, go downH3381 to the hostH4264; for I have deliveredH5414 it into thy handH3027. 10But if thou fearestH3373 to go downH3381, goH3381 thou with PhurahH6513 thy servantH5288 downH3381 to the hostH4264: 11And thou shalt hearH8085 what they sayH1696; and afterwardH310 shall thy handsH3027 be strengthenedH2388 to go downH3381 to the hostH4264. Then went he downH3381 with PhurahH6513 his servantH5288 to the outsideH7097 of the armed menH2571 that were in the hostH4264.1 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 had comeH935, behold, there was a manH376 that toldH5608 a dreamH2472 to his friendH7453, and saidH559, Behold, I dreamedH2492 a dreamH2472, and, lo, a cakeH6742 of barleyH8184 breadH3899 rolledH2015 into the hostH4264 of MidianH4080, and cameH935 to a tentH168, and smoteH5221 it that it fellH5307, and overturnedH2015H4605 it, that the tentH168 lay flatH5307. 14And his friendH7453 answeredH6030 and saidH559, This is nothing else except the swordH2719 of GideonH1439 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101, a manH376 of IsraelH3478: for into his handH3027 hath GodH430 deliveredH5414 MidianH4080, and all the hostH4264. 15And it was so, when GideonH1439 heardH8085 the tellingH4557 of the dreamH2472, and its interpretationH7667, that he worshippedH7812, and returnedH7725 to the hostH4264 of IsraelH3478, and saidH559, AriseH6965; for the LORDH3068 hath deliveredH5414 into your handH3027 the hostH4264 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 to 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 the LORDH3068, and of GideonH1439. 19So GideonH1439, and the hundredH3967 menH376 that were with him, cameH935 to 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 brokeH5310 the pitchersH3537 that were in their handsH3027. 20And the threeH7969 companiesH7218 blewH8628 the trumpetsH7782, and brokeH7665 the pitchersH3537, and heldH2388 the lampsH3940 in their leftH8040 handsH3027, and the trumpetsH7782 in their rightH3225 handsH3027 to blowH8628 with : and they criedH7121, The swordH2719 of the LORDH3068, and of GideonH1439. 21And they stoodH5975 every manH376 in his place aroundH5439 the campH4264: and all the hostH4264 ranH7323, and criedH7321, and fledH5127. 22And the threeH7969 hundredH3967 blewH8628 the trumpetsH7782, and the LORDH3068 setH7760 every man’sH376 swordH2719 against his companionH7453, even throughout all the hostH4264: and the hostH4264 fledH5127 to BethshittahH1029 in ZererathH6888, and to the borderH8193 of AbelmeholahH65, to 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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