Judges 7:19-21

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ¹  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. ²  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. ³  Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 7:21 They stood in order ⁴  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ⁵ 

[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.”

[7:20]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ⁵ tn Or “fled.”