Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ¹  who were chosen ²  took supplies ³  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁴  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁵  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁶  were camped down below ⁷  in the valley.

Judges 7:18-22

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!’”

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ⁸  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. ⁹  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. ¹⁰  Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 7:21 They stood in order ¹¹  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ¹²  7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ¹³  throughout ¹⁴  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ¹⁵  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

[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]  ⁸ tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”

[7:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “that were in their hands.”

[7:20]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ¹² tn Or “fled.”

[7:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

[7:22]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.