Jdg 7:9-14 - Commentary

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Text -- Judges 7:9-14 (NET)

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Gideon Reassured of Victory

7:9 That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you. 7:10 But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant 7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. 7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. 7:13 When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, “Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.” 7:14 The other man said, “Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Amalekites members of the nation of Amalek

· Gideon a man who was the fifth major judge of 12th century Israel; the son of Joash,son of Joash of Abiezer of Manasseh; a judge of Israel

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Joash son of Becher son of Benjamin,head of the stores of oil under king David,father of Gideon,son of King Ahab of Israel,son and young successor of Ahaziah, King of Judah; father of Amaziah,son and successor of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel,a descendant of Shelah of Judah,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag

· Midian resident(s) of the region of Midian

· Midianite resident(s) of the region of Midian

· Purah servant of Gideon

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NET Notes: Jdg 7:9 The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.

NET Notes: Jdg 7:11 Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”

NET Notes: Jdg 7:12 Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”

NET Notes: Jdg 7:13 Heb “It came to the tent and struck it and it fell. It turned it upside down and the tent fell.”

NET Notes: Jdg 7:14 Heb “This can be nothing but.”

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