Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Early
in
the
morning
Jerubbaal (that
is
, Gideon )
and all the men
with him camped
beside the spring of Harod .
And the camp of Midian was north of them in
the
valley
near
the hill of Moreh.
Then
Jerubbaal, who
is
Gideon ,
and all the people
who
were
with him ,
rose
up
early,
and
encamped
beside the spring of Harod :
and the camp of Midian was on
the
north side
of them ,
by
the hill of Moreh ,
in
the
valley
.
Then
the
LORD
said to Gideon, “
You have
too many people
for Me to deliver
Midian
into their hands
, lest Israel glorify
themselves over
Me, saying, ‘
My own hand has saved me. ’
Yahweh
said to Gideon, The
people
who
are
with
you are
too many for me to give
the
Midianites
into their hand
, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against
me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
Now ,
therefore ,
proclaim in the hearing
of the people :
‘
Whoever is fearful and trembling may
turn
back
and leave
Mount Gilead. ’”
So
twenty-two thousand of
them
turned
back,
but
ten thousand remained
.
Now therefore proclaim in the ears
of the people ,
saying,
Whoever is fearful and trembling ,
let
him
return
and depart
from
Mount Gilead. There
returned
of
the
people
twenty-two thousand ;
and
there
remained
ten thousand.
Then
the
LORD
said to Gideon, “There
are still
too many people.
Take
them down to the water, and I will sift
them for you there .
If
I say
to
you, ‘
This one
shall go with you, ’
he
shall go .
But
if
I say
, ‘
This one
shall not go with you, ’
he
shall not go. ”
Yahweh
said to Gideon, The
people
are yet
too many ;
bring
them down to the water, and I will try
them for you there :
and
it
shall
be,
that
of
whom
I tell
you, This shall go with you, the
same
shall go with
you;
and
of
whoever
I tell
you
, This shall not go with you, the
same
shall not go.
So Gideon
brought the people down
to the water ,
and the
LORD
said to him
, “Separate
those
who lap
the water with their
tongues
like
a dog from
those
who kneel
to drink. ”
So he
brought down
the people to the water :
and Yahweh
said to Gideon
, Everyone
who laps
of
the water with his
tongue,
as
a dog laps,
him
shall
you
set
by
himself;
likewise
everyone
who bows
down
on
his
knees
to drink.
And
the number of those who lapped the
water
with
their hands
to their mouths
was three hundred men ;
all the others
knelt
to drink.
The number of those who lapped ,
putting
their hand
to their mouth,
was three hundred men :
but
all the rest
of
the
people
bowed
down
on
their
knees
to drink water
.
Then
the
LORD
said to Gideon, “With
the three hundred men who lapped the
water
I
will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand .
But
all the others
are
to
go home
. ”
Yahweh
said to Gideon, By
the three hundred men who lapped will I
save you ,
and deliver the Midianites into your hand ;
and
let
all the people
go every
man
to
his
place
.
So Gideon
sent the rest
of the
Israelites
to their
tents
but kept
the three hundred men ,
who
took
charge
of
the
provisions
and
rams’
horns
of
the
others.
And the camp of Midian lay
below
him in the valley.
So the
people
took
food
in
their
hand,
and
their
trumpets;
and
he
sent all
the men
of Israel
every
man
to his
tent,
but retained
the three hundred men :
and the camp of Midian was
beneath
him in the valley.
That
night
the LORD
said to Gideon
, “
Get up
and
go
down against
the camp ,
for I have delivered it into your hand.
It
happened
the same
night,
that
Yahweh
said to him
, Arise,
get you
down into
the camp ;
for I have delivered it into your hand.
But if you are
afraid
to do
so
, then
go down to the camp with
your
servant
Purah
But if you fear
to go
down
, go you
with
Purah
your
servant
down to the camp :
and listen
to
what they are
saying.
Then
your hands will
be strengthened to attack
the camp. ”
So
he
went with Purah his servant to the outposts
where
armed men were guarding
the camp.
and you
shall
hear
what they say;
and
afterward
shall
your hands be strengthened to go
down
into
the camp. Then
went he
down
with Purah his servant to the outermost
part
of
the
armed men who
were in
the camp.
Now
the Midianites ,
Amalekites ,
and all the other
people
of the east had
settled
in the valley like a
swarm
of
locusts ,
and their camels were as
countless
as the sand on the seashore
.
The Midianites and
the
Amalekites and all the children
of the east lay
along
in the valley like locusts for
multitude;
and their camels were without
number,
as the sand which
is
on the sea-shore
for
multitude
.
And
as
Gideon arrived
, a man was
telling his
friend
about
a dream .
“
Behold, I had
a dream, ”
he
said
, “and
I
saw
a loaf
of barley bread come
tumbling
into the Midianite
camp .
It
struck
the tent so hard
that the tent overturned
and
collapsed
. ”
When
Gideon had
come
, behold,
there
was
a man telling a dream to
his
fellow;
and
he
said,
Behold, I dreamed
a dream ;
and
, behold
, a cake
of barley bread tumbled
into the camp of
Midian,
and
came
to
the tent ,
and
struck
it
so that it
fell,
and
turned
it
upside
down,
so
that
the tent lay
flat
.
His friend
replied:
“
This is nothing less
than
the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the
Israelite.
God has delivered Midian and the whole
camp
into
his
hand
. ”
His fellow
answered,
This is nothing else
save
the sword of Gideon the
son of Joash, a
man
of
Israel:
into
his
hand
God has delivered Midian ,
and all
the host
.
When Gideon heard the dream and its
interpretation, he bowed
in
worship.
He returned to
the camp of Israel and said, “Get
up,
for the
LORD
has delivered the
camp
of
Midian
into your hand. ”
It
was
so,
when Gideon heard the telling
of
the
dream ,
and the
interpretation of
it
, that
he worshiped;
and
he returned into
the camp of Israel ,
and said, Arise;
for Yahweh
has delivered into your hand the
host
of
Midian
.
And
he divided the three hundred men into three companies and
gave
each
man
a
ram’s
horn
in
one
hand
and a
large
jar
in
the other
, containing
a
torch
.
He divided the three hundred men into three companies ,
and he
put
into
the hands
of
all
of
them
trumpets
, and
empty
pitchers,
with
torches
within
the
pitchers
.
“Watch
me and do as
I
do
, ”
Gideon
said.
“
When I come to the outskirts
of the camp, do
exactly
as I do.
He
said
to
them,
Look
on
me ,
and do likewise:
and
, behold,
when I come to the outermost
part
of the camp, it
shall
be
that,
as I do ,
so
shall
you
do
.
When I and all who are with me blow
our
horns
, then you are
also to
blow
your
horns
from
all around
the camp and shout
, ‘
For the
LORD
and for Gideon !’”
When I blow
the
trumpet,
I
and all who are with me, then blow
you the
trumpets
also on
every
side
of
all the camp ,
and say
, For Yahweh
and for Gideon .
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached
the outskirts
of the camp at
the beginning of the middle watch, just
after
the
changing
of
the guard.
They blew their
horns
and broke the jars
that were in their hands.
So
Gideon ,
and the hundred men who
were
with him ,
came
to
the outermost
part
of the camp in
the beginning of the middle watch, when
they
had
but
newly
set
the watch:
and
they blew the
trumpets,
and broke in
pieces
the pitchers
that were in their hands.
The three companies blew their
horns
and shattered
their
jars.
Holding
the torches in their left hands and the horns
in their right hands ,
they shouted
, “A
sword
for
the LORD
and for
Gideon !”
The three companies blew the
trumpets,
and broke
the pitchers,
and
held
the
torches in their left hands ,
and the trumpets
in their right hands with
which
to
blow;
and
they cried
, The sword
of
Yahweh
and of
Gideon .
Each
Israelite
took
his position
around
the camp ,
and the entire
Midianite
army
fled,
crying
out
as
they
ran.
They
stood
every
man
in
his place
round
about
the camp ;
and all
the host
ran ;
and
they
shouted,
and
put
[them]
to
flight
.
And
when
the three hundred rams’
horns
sounded
, the
LORD
set all the men
in
the
camp
against
one
another
with
their
swords.
The army
fled to
Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel -
meholah near
Tabbath.
They
blew
the three hundred trumpets
, and
Yahweh
set every
man's
sword
against
his
fellow,
and
against
all the host;
and
the host
fled as
far
as
Beth-shittah toward Zererah ,
as far as the border of Abel Meholah ,
by
Tabbath.
Then
the men of Israel were called
out from
Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they
pursued the
Midianites
.
The men of Israel were gathered
together
out of
Naphtali, and
out
of
Asher, and out
of
all Manasseh, and pursued after
Midian
.
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to
say
, “
Come down against the
Midianites
and seize
the waters of
the
Jordan
ahead
of
them
as far as Beth -
barah. ”
So all the men of Ephraim were called
out
, and they
captured
the waters of
the
Jordan
as far as Beth -
barah.
Gideon sent messengers throughout all
the hill -
country of Ephraim, saying,
Come down against Midian,
and take
before
them
the waters ,
as far as Beth Barah ,
even
the
Jordan
. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered
together
, and took
the waters as far as Beth Barah ,
even
the
Jordan
.
They also
captured
Oreb
and
Zeeb,
the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb .
So
they
pursued the
Midianites
and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on
the
other
side
of
the Jordan.
They took
the two princes of Midian ,
Oreb
and
Zeeb
; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb ,
and Zeeb they
killed
at the winepress of Zeeb ,
and
pursued Midian:
and they
brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond
the Jordan.
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