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Then
Jerubbaal ,
who
is Gideon
, and all the people
that
were
with him ,
rose
up
early,
and
pitched
beside the well
of Harod :
so
that
the host
of the
Midianites
were
on
the
north side
of them ,
by
the hill of Moreh ,
in
the
valley
.
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.
And
the LORD said unto
Gideon, The
people
that
are
with
thee
are
too many for me to give
the
Midianites
into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against
me, saying, Mine
own hand hath
saved me.
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. ’
Now therefore go
to
, proclaim in the ears
of the people ,
saying,
Whosoever
is fearful and afraid,
let
him
return
and depart
early
from
mount Gilead. And
there
returned
of
the
people
twenty and
two thousand ;
and
there
remained
ten thousand.
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
.
And
the LORD said unto
Gideon, The
people
are yet
too many ;
bring
them down unto
the water, and I will try
them for thee
there :
and
it
shall
be,
that
of
whom
I say unto
thee
, This shall go with thee
, the
same
shall go with
thee;
and
of
whomsoever
I say unto
thee
, This shall not go with thee
, the
same
shall not go.
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. ”
So he
brought down
the people unto
the water :
and the LORD said unto
Gideon
, Every
one
that
lappeth
of
the water with his
tongue,
as
a dog lappeth,
him
shalt
thou
set
by
himself;
likewise
every
one
that
boweth
down
upon
his
knees
to drink.
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. ”
And the number of them
that
lapped ,
putting
their hand
to their mouth,
were
three hundred men :
but
all the rest
of
the
people
bowed
down
upon
their
knees
to drink water
.
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.
And
the LORD said unto
Gideon, By
the three hundred men that
lapped will
I save you ,
and deliver the Midianites into thine
hand :
and
let
all the other
people
go every
man
unto
his
place
.
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
. ”
So the
people
took
victuals
in
their
hand,
and
their
trumpets:
and
he
sent all
the rest of Israel
every
man
unto
his
tent,
and
retained
those
three hundred men :
and the host
of Midian was
beneath
him in the valley.
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.
And
it
came
to
pass
the
same
night,
that the LORD said unto
him,
Arise
, get thee
down unto
the host;
for I have delivered it into thine
hand.
That night
the LORD said to
Gideon
, “
Get up
and
go
down against
the camp,
for I have delivered it into your
hand.
But if thou
fear
to go
down
, go thou
with
Phurah
thy
servant
down to the host:
But if you
are
afraid
to do
so
, then
go down to the camp
with
your
servant
Purah
And thou
shalt
hear
what they say;
and
afterward
shall
thine
hands be strengthened to go
down
unto
the host
. Then
went
he down
with Phurah
his servant unto
the
outside
of
the armed men that
were in
the host
.
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
the Midianites and
the
Amalekites and all the children
of the east lay
along
in the valley like grasshoppers
for
multitude;
and their camels were without
number,
as the sand by
the sea
side
for
multitude
.
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
.
And when
Gideon was
come,
behold
, there
was
a man that
told
a dream unto
his
fellow,
and
said,
Behold, I dreamed
a dream, and,
lo
, a cake
of barley bread tumbled
into the host
of
Midian,
and
came
unto
a
tent,
and
smote
it
that
it
fell,
and
overturned
it ,
that the tent lay
along
.
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
. ”
And
his fellow
answered
and
said,
This is nothing else
save
the sword of Gideon the
son of Joash, a
man
of
Israel:
for
into
his
hand
hath
God delivered Midian ,
and all
the host
.
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
. ”
And
it
was
so,
when Gideon heard the telling
of
the
dream ,
and the
interpretation thereof
, that
he worshipped,
and
returned into
the host
of Israel ,
and said, Arise;
for the LORD hath
delivered into
your
hand
the host
of Midian.
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
. ”
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies ,
and he
put
a trumpet
in every
man's
hand ,
with
empty
pitchers,
and lamps
within
the pitchers
.
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
.
And
he
said
unto
them,
Look
on
me ,
and do likewise:
and,
behold
, when I come to the outside
of the camp, it
shall
be
that,
as I do ,
so
shall
ye
do
.
“Watch
me and do as
I
do
, ”
Gideon
said.
“
When I come to the outskirts
of the camp, do
exactly
as I do.
When I blow
with
a
trumpet,
I
and all that
are with me, then blow
ye
the
trumpets
also on
every
side
of
all the camp ,
and say
, The
sword
of
the LORD ,
and of
Gideon .
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 !’”
So
Gideon ,
and the hundred men that
were
with him ,
came
unto
the outside
of the camp in
the beginning of the middle watch ;
and
they
had
but
newly
set
the watch:
and
they blew the
trumpets,
and brake
the pitchers
that were in their hands.
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.
And
the three companies blew the
trumpets,
and
brake
the
pitchers,
and held
the lamps
in their left hands ,
and the trumpets
in their right hands to
blow
withal:
and
they cried
, The
sword of
the LORD ,
and of
Gideon .
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 !”
And
they
stood
every
man
in
his place
round
about
the camp ;
and
all
the
host
ran
, and cried,
and
fled.
Each
Israelite
took
his position
around
the camp, and the
entire
Midianite
army
fled ,
crying
out
as
they
ran
.
And the three hundred blew
the
trumpets
, and
the LORD set every
man's
sword
against
his
fellow,
even
throughout
all the host:
and
the host
fled to Bethshittah
in
Zererath,
and
to
the border of Abelmeholah,
unto
Tabbath.
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.
And
the men of Israel gathered
themselves
together
out of
Naphtali, and
out
of
Asher, and out
of
all Manasseh, and pursued after
the Midianites.
Then
the men of Israel were
called
out from
Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they
pursued the Midianites.
And
Gideon sent messengers throughout all
mount
Ephraim ,
saying
, come down against the Midianites ,
and take
before
them
the waters unto
Bethbarah
and
Jordan. Then
all the men of Ephraim gathered
themselves
together
, and took
the waters unto
Bethbarah
and
Jordan.
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
.
And
they took
two
princes
of
the
Midianites,
Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew
Oreb upon
the rock Oreb ,
and Zeeb they
slew
at the winepress of Zeeb ,
and
pursued Midian,
and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side 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.
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