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Judges 7:1-16

7:1

Then Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

who [is] Gideon
<01439>_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, rose up early
<07925> (8686)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

beside the well of Harod
<05878>_:

so that the host
<04264>

of the Midianites
<04080>

were on the north side
<06828>

of them, by the hill
<01389>

of Moreh
<04176>_,

in the valley
<06010>_.

7:2

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

The people
<05971>

that [are] with thee [are] too many
<07227>

for me to give
<05414> (8800)

the Midianites
<04080>

into their hands
<03027>_,

lest Israel
<03478>

vaunt
<06286> (8691)

themselves against me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Mine own hand
<03027>

hath saved
<03467> (8689)

me.

7:3

Now therefore go to
<04994>_,

proclaim
<07121> (8798)

in the ears
<0241>

of the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Whosoever [is] fearful
<03373>

and afraid
<02730>_,

let him return
<07725> (8799)

and depart early
<06852> (8799)

from mount
<02022>

Gilead
<01568>_.

And there returned
<07725> (8799)

of the people
<05971>

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

thousand
<0505>_;

and there remained
<07604> (8738)

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>_.

7:4

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

The people
<05971>

[are] yet [too] many
<07227>_;

bring them down
<03381> (8685)

unto the water
<04325>_,

and I will try
<06884> (8799)

them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say
<0559> (8799)

unto thee, This shall go
<03212> (8799)

with thee, the same shall go
<03212> (8799)

with thee; and of whomsoever I say
<0559> (8799)

unto thee, This shall not go
<03212> (8799)

with thee, the same shall not go
<03212> (8799)_.

7:5

So he brought down
<03381> (8686)

the people
<05971>

unto the water
<04325>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

Every one that lappeth
<03952> (8799)

of the water
<04325>

with his tongue
<03956>_,

as a dog
<03611>

lappeth
<03952> (8799)_,

him shalt thou set
<03322> (8686)

by himself; likewise every one that boweth down
<03766> (8799)

upon his knees
<01290>

to drink
<08354> (8800)_.

7:6

And the number
<04557>

of them that lapped
<03952> (8764)_,

[putting] their hand
<03027>

to their mouth
<06310>_,

were three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

but all the rest
<03499>

of the people
<05971>

bowed down
<03766> (8804)

upon their knees
<01290>

to drink
<08354> (8800)

water
<04325>_.

7:7

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Gideon
<01439>_,

By the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that lapped
<03952> (8764)

will I save
<03467> (8686)

you, and deliver
<05414> (8804)

the Midianites
<04080>

into thine hand
<03027>_:

and let all the [other] people
<05971>

go
<03212> (8799)

every man
<0376>

unto his place
<04725>_.

7:8

So the people
<05971>

took
<03947> (8799)

victuals
<06720>

in their hand
<03027>_,

and their trumpets
<07782>_:

and he sent
<07971> (8765)

all
<0376>

[the rest of] Israel
<03478>

every man
<0376>

unto his tent
<0168>_,

and retained
<02388> (8689)

those three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

and the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>

was beneath him in the valley
<06010>_.

7:9

And it came to pass the same night
<03915>_,

that the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

get thee down
<03381> (8798)

unto the host
<04264>_;

for I have delivered
<05414> (8804)

it into thine hand
<03027>_.

7:10

But if thou fear
<03373>

to go down
<03381> (8800)_,

go
<03381> (0)

thou with Phurah
<06513>

thy servant
<05288>

down
<03381> (8798)

to the host
<04264>_:

7:11

And thou shalt hear
<08085> (8804)

what they say
<01696> (8762)_;

and afterward
<0310>

shall thine hands
<03027>

be strengthened
<02388> (8799)

to go down
<03381> (8804)

unto the host
<04264>_.

Then went he down
<03381> (8799)

with Phurah
<06513>

his servant
<05288>

unto the outside
<07097>

of the armed men
<02571>

that [were] in the host
<04264>_.

{armed men: or, ranks by five}

7:12

And the Midianites
<04080>

and the Amalekites
<06002>

and all the children
<01121>

of the east
<06924>

lay
<05307> (8802)

along in the valley
<06010>

like grasshoppers
<0697>

for multitude
<07230>_;

and their camels
<01581>

[were] without number
<04557>_,

as the sand
<02344>

by the sea
<03220>

side
<08193>

for multitude
<07230>_.

7:13

And when Gideon
<01439>

was come
<0935> (8799)_,

behold, [there was] a man
<0376>

that told
<05608> (8764)

a dream
<02472>

unto his fellow
<07453>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I dreamed
<02492> (8804)

a dream
<02472>_,

and, lo, a cake
<06742> (8675) <06742>

of barley
<08184>

bread
<03899>

tumbled
<02015> (8693)

into the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

unto a tent
<0168>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

it that it fell
<05307> (8799)_,

and overturned
<02015> (8799) <04605>

it, that the tent
<0168>

lay along
<05307> (8804)_.

7:14

And his fellow
<07453>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

This [is] nothing else save the sword
<02719>

of Gideon
<01439>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>_,

a man
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_:

[for] into his hand
<03027>

hath God
<0430>

delivered
<05414> (8804)

Midian
<04080>_,

and all the host
<04264>_.

7:15

And it was [so], when Gideon
<01439>

heard
<08085> (8800)

the telling
<04557>

of the dream
<02472>_,

and the interpretation
<07667>

thereof, that he worshipped
<07812> (8691)_,

and returned
<07725> (8799)

into the host
<04264>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_;

for the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

into your hand
<03027>

the host
<04264>

of Midian
<04080>_.

{interpretation: Heb. breaking}

7:16

And he divided
<02673> (8799)

the three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

[into] three
<07969>

companies
<07218>_,

and he put
<05414> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>

in every man's hand
<03027>_,

with empty
<07386>

pitchers
<03537>_,

and lamps
<03940>

within
<08432>

the pitchers
<03537>_.

{a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them} {lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches}