Judges 7:16
Context7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. 1 He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. 2
Judges 7:20
Context7:20 All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. 3 Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:19
Context7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp 4 at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. 5


[7:16] 2 tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[7:20] 3 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[7:19] 5 tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”