Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ²  The Midianites ³  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ⁴  who were chosen ⁵  took supplies ⁶  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁷  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁸  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁹  were camped down below ¹⁰  in the valley.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ² sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).