KJV_Strong : Judges 7
1. Then Jerubbaal,[H3378] who[H1931] is Gideon,[H1439] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, rose up early,[H7925] and pitched[H2583] beside[H5921] the well[H5878] of Harod:[H5878] so that the host[H4264] of the Midianites[H4080] were[H1961] on the north side[H4480] [H6828] of them, by the hill[H4480] [H1389] of Moreh,[H4176] in the valley.[H6010]
2. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Gideon,[H1439] The people[H5971] that[H834] are with[H854] thee are too many[H7227] for me to give[H5414] [H853] the Midianites[H4080] into their hands,[H3027] lest[H6435] Israel[H3478] vaunt themselves[H6286] against[H5921] me, saying,[H559] Mine own hand[H3027] hath saved[H3467] me.
3. Now[H6288] therefore go to,[H4994] proclaim[H7121] in the ears[H241] of the people,[H5971] saying,[H559] Whosoever[H4310] is fearful[H3373] and afraid,[H2730] let him return[H7725] and depart early[H6852] from mount[H4480] [H2022] Gilead.[H1568] And there returned[H7725] of[H4480] the people[H5971] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] thousand;[H505] and there remained[H7604] ten[H6235] thousand.[H505]
4. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Gideon,[H1439] The people[H5971] are yet[H5750] too many;[H7227] bring them down[H3381] [H853] unto[H413] the water,[H4325] and I will try[H6884] them for thee there:[H8033] and it shall be,[H1961] that of whom[H834] I say[H559] unto[H413] thee, This[H2088] shall go[H1980] with[H854] thee, the same[H1931] shall go[H1980] with[H854] thee; and of whomsoever[H3605] [H834] I say[H559] unto[H413] thee, This[H2088] shall not[H3808] go[H1980] with[H5973] thee, the same[H1931] shall not[H3808] go.[H1980]
5. So he brought down[H3381] [H853] the people[H5971] unto[H413] the water:[H4325] and the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Gideon,[H1439] Every one[H3605] that[H834] lappeth[H3952] of[H4480] the water[H4325] with his tongue,[H3956] as[H834] a dog[H3611] lappeth,[H3952] him shalt thou set[H3322] by himself;[H905] likewise every one[H3605] that[H834] boweth down[H3766] upon[H5921] his knees[H1290] to drink.[H8354]
6. And the number[H4557] of them that lapped,[H3952] putting their hand[H3027] to[H413] their mouth,[H6310] were[H1961] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men:[H376] but all[H3605] the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] bowed down[H3766] upon[H5921] their knees[H1290] to drink[H8354] water.[H4325]
7. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Gideon,[H1439] By the three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that lapped[H3952] will I save[H3467] you, and deliver[H5414] [H853] the Midianites[H4080] into thine hand:[H3027] and let all[H3605] the other people[H5971] go[H1980] every man[H376] unto his place.[H4725]
8. So the people[H5971] took[H3947] [H853] victuals[H6720] in their hand,[H3027] and their trumpets:[H7782] and he sent[H7971] all[H3605] the rest of Israel[H3478] every man[H376] unto his tent,[H168] and retained[H2388] those three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men:[H376] and the host[H4264] of Midian[H4080] was[H1961] beneath[H4480] [H8478] him in the valley.[H6010]
9. And it came to pass[H1961] the same[H1931] night,[H3915] that the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] him, Arise,[H6965] get thee down[H3381] unto the host;[H4264] for[H3588] I have delivered[H5414] it into thine hand.[H3027]
10. But if[H518] thou[H859] fear[H3372] to go down,[H3381] go[H3381] thou[H859] with Phurah[H6513] thy servant[H5288] down[H3381] to[H413] the host: [H4264]
11. And thou shalt hear[H8085] what[H4100] they say;[H1696] and afterward[H310] shall thine hands[H3027] be strengthened[H2388] to go down[H3381] unto the host.[H4264] Then went he down[H3381] with Phurah[H6513] his servant[H5288] unto[H413] the outside[H7097] of the armed men[H2571] that[H834] were in the host.[H4264]
12. And the Midianites[H4080] and the Amalekites[H6003] and all[H3605] the children[H1121] of the east[H6924] lay[H5307] along in the valley[H6010] like grasshoppers[H697] for multitude;[H7230] and their camels[H1581] were without[H369] number,[H4557] as the sand[H2344] by[H7945] [H5921] the sea[H3220] side[H8193] for multitude.[H7230]
13. And when Gideon[H1439] was come,[H935] behold,[H2009] there was a man[H376] that told[H5608] a dream[H2472] unto his fellow,[H7453] and said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] I dreamed[H2492] a dream,[H2472] and, lo,[H2009] a cake[H6742] of barley[H8184] bread[H3899] tumbled[H2015] into the host[H4264] of Midian,[H4080] and came[H935] unto[H5704] a tent,[H168] and smote[H5221] it that it fell,[H5307] and overturned[H2015] [H4605] it, that the tent[H168] lay along.[H5307]
14. And his fellow[H7453] answered[H6030] and said,[H559] This[H2063] is nothing else[H369] save[H1115] [H518] the sword[H2719] of Gideon[H1439] the son[H1121] of Joash,[H3101] a man[H376] of Israel:[H3478] for into his hand[H3027] hath God[H430] delivered[H5414] [H853] Midian,[H4080] and all[H3605] the host.[H4264]
15. And it was[H1961] so, when Gideon[H1439] heard[H8085] [H853] the telling[H4557] of the dream,[H2472] and the interpretation[H7667] thereof, that he worshiped,[H7812] and returned[H7725] into[H413] the host[H4264] of Israel,[H3478] and said,[H559] Arise;[H6965] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] into your hand[H3027] [H853] the host[H4264] of Midian.[H4080]
16. And he divided[H2673] [H853] the three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men[H376] into three[H7969] companies,[H7218] and he put[H5414] a trumpet[H7782] in every man's[H3605] hand,[H3027] with empty[H7386] pitchers,[H3537] and lamps[H3940] within[H8432] the pitchers.[H3537]
17. And he said[H559] unto[H413] them, Look[H7200] on[H4480] me, and do[H6213] likewise:[H3651] and, behold,[H2009] when I[H595] come[H935] to the outside[H7097] of the camp,[H4264] it shall be[H1961] that, as[H834] I do,[H6213] so[H3651] shall ye do.[H6213]
18. When I blow[H8628] with a trumpet,[H7782] I[H595] and all[H3605] that[H834] are with[H854] me, then blow[H8628] ye[H859] the trumpets[H7782] also[H1571] on every side[H5439] of all[H3605] the camp,[H4264] and say,[H559] The sword of the LORD,[H3068] and of Gideon.[H1439]
19. So Gideon,[H1439] and the hundred[H3967] men[H376] that[H834] were with[H854] him, came[H935] unto the outside[H7097] of the camp[H4264] in the beginning[H7218] of the middle[H8484] watch;[H821] and they had but[H389] newly set[H6965] [H6965] [H853] the watch:[H8104] and they blew[H8628] the trumpets,[H7782] and broke[H5310] the pitchers[H3537] that[H834] were in their hands.[H3027]
20. And the three[H7969] companies[H7218] blew[H8628] the trumpets,[H7782] and broke[H7665] the pitchers,[H3537] and held[H2388] the lamps[H3940] in their left[H8040] hands,[H3027] and the trumpets[H7782] in their right[H3225] hands[H3027] to blow[H8628] withal: and they cried,[H7121] The sword[H2719] of the LORD,[H3068] and of Gideon.[H1439]
21. And they stood[H5975] every man[H376] in his place[H8478] round about[H5439] the camp:[H4264] and all[H3605] the host[H4264] ran,[H7323] and cried,[H7321] and fled.[H5127]
22. And the three[H7969] hundred[H3967] blew[H8628] the trumpets,[H7782] and the LORD[H3068] set[H7760] [H853] every man's[H376] sword[H2719] against his fellow,[H7453] even throughout all[H3605] the host:[H4264] and the host[H4264] fled[H5127] to[H5704] Beth-shittah[H1029] in Zererath,[H6888] and to[H5704] the border[H8193] of Abel-meholah,[H65] unto[H5921] Tabbath.[H2888]
23. And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] gathered themselves together[H6817] out of Naphtali,[H4480] [H5321] and out of[H4480] Asher,[H836] and out of[H4480] all[H3605] Manasseh,[H4519] and pursued[H7291] after[H310] the Midianites.[H4080]
24. And Gideon[H1439] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] throughout all[H3605] mount[H2022] Ephraim,[H669] saying,[H559] Come down[H3381] against[H7125] the Midianites,[H4080] and take[H3920] before them[H853] the waters[H4325] unto[H5704] Beth-barah[H1012] and Jordan.[H3383] Then all[H3605] the men[H376] of Ephraim[H669] gathered themselves together,[H6817] and took[H3920] [H853] the waters[H4325] unto[H5704] Beth-barah[H1012] and Jordan.[H3383]
25. And they took[H3920] two[H8147] princes[H8269] of the Midianites,[H4080] [H853] Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb;[H2062] and they slew[H2026] [H853] Oreb[H6159] upon the rock[H6697] Oreb,[H6159] and Zeeb[H2062] they slew[H2026] at the winepress[H3342] of Zeeb,[H2062] and pursued[H7291] [H413] Midian,[H4080] and brought[H935] the heads[H7218] of Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb[H2062] to[H413] Gideon[H1439] on the other side[H4480] [H5676] Jordan.[H3383]
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