Judg 7
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And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped
at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, reaching
from Gabaathamorai, in the valley.
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And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people with you are many, so that I may not deliver
Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand
has saved me.
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And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who is afraid and fearful? let him
turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand,
and ten thousand were left.
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And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water,
and I will purge them there for you: and it shall come to pass that of whomever I
shall say to you, This one shall go with you, even he shall go with you; and of whomever
I shall say to you, This one shall not go with you, even he shall not go with you.
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And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whoever
shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, you shall set him apart,
and also whoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
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And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred
men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water.
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And the Lord said to Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped,
and I will give Madiam into your hand; and all the rest of the people shall go every
one to his place.
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And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent
away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he Or, encouraged strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were
beneath him in the valley.
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And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the
camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
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And if you are afraid to go down, go down you and your servant Phara into the camp.
11
And you shall hear what they shall say, and afterwards your hands shall be strong,
and you shall go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the
extremity of the companies of fifty, which were in the camp.
12
And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley,
as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were
as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
13
And Gedeon came, and behold a man was relating to his neighbour a dream, and he said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the
camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned
it up, and the tent fell.
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And his neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon,
son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.
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And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation
of it, that he worshiped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise,
for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand.
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the Gr. hand hands of all, and empty pitchers,
and torches in the pitchers:
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and he said to them, You shall look Gr. from; q. d., at the actions proceeding from me at me, and so shall you do; and behold,
I will go into the Or, corner; See Ac 10:11 beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass that as I do, so shall you do.
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And I will sound with the horn, and all you with me shall sound with the horn round
about the whole camp, and you shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon.
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And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army
in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded
with the horns, and they Gr. shook off broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
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and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the
torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and
they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.
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And every man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded
an alarm, and fled.
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And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man’s sword
in all the host against his neighbour.
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And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men
of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed
after Madiam.
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And Gedeon sent messengers Gr. in into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves
the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they
took the water before hand to Baethera and Jordan.
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And they took the princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they slew Oreb in Sur
Oreb, and they slew Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the Gr. head heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from
beyond Jordan.