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 7:19

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ²  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. ³ 

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 ⁴  throughout ⁵  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ⁶  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

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

[7:19]  ² tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”

[7:19]  ³ tn Heb “that were in their hands.”

[7:22]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

[7:22]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.