Judges 7:20-22

7:20 All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. ¹  Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 7:21 They stood in order ²  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ³  7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ⁴  throughout ⁵  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ⁶  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

[7:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:21]  ² tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ³ tn Or “fled.”

[7:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

[7:22]  ⁵ tc MT has “and throughout the camp,” but the conjunction (“and”) is due to dittography and should be dropped. Compare the ancient versions, which lack the conjunction here.

[7:22]  ⁶ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.