Judges 7:18

7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Judges 7:20

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!”

Judges 6:34

6:34 The Lord’s spirit took control of ²  Gideon. He blew a trumpet, ³  summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. ⁴ 

Judges 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ⁵  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ⁶ 

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ⁷  who were chosen ⁸  took supplies ⁹  and their trumpets. Gideon ¹⁰  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ¹¹  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ¹²  were camped down below ¹³  in the valley.

Judges 7:19

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ¹⁴  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. ¹⁵ 

Judges 7:22

7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ¹⁶  throughout ¹⁷  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ¹⁸  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Judges 3:27

3:27 When he reached Seirah, ¹⁹  he blew a trumpet ²⁰  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. ²¹ 

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

[6:34]  ¹ tn Heb “clothed.”

[6:34]  ² tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[6:34]  ³ tn Heb “Abiezer was summoned after him.”

[7:16]  ¹ tn Heb “heads.”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ² tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Midian.”

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

[7:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”

[7:19]  ² tn Heb “that were in their hands.”

[7:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

[7:22]  ² 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]  ³ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:27]  ¹ tn Heb “When he arrived.”

[3:27]  ² tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[3:27]  ³ tn Heb “now he was before them.”