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1. Early the next morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) encamped by Enharod with all his soldiers. The camp of Midian was in the valley north of Gibeath-hammoreh.
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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 .
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2. The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many soldiers with you for me to deliver Midian into their power, lest Israel vaunt itself against me and say, 'My own power brought me the victory.'
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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.
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3. Now proclaim to all the soldiers, 'If anyone is afraid or fearful, let him leave.'" When Gideon put them to this test on the mountain, twenty-two thousand of the soldiers left, but ten thousand remained.
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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 .
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4. The LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many soldiers. Lead them down to the water and I will test them for you there. If I tell you that a certain man is to go with you, he must go with you. But no one is to go if I tell you he must not."
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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 .
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5. When Gideon led the soldiers down to the water, the LORD said to him, "You shall set to one side everyone who laps up the water as a dog does with its tongue; to the other, everyone who kneels down to drink."
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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 .
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6. Those who lapped up the water raised to their mouths by hand numbered three hundred, but all the rest of the soldiers knelt down to drink the water.
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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 .
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7. The LORD said to Gideon, "By means of the three hundred who lapped up the water I will save you and will deliver Midian into your power. So let all the other soldiers go home."
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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 .
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8. Their horns, and such supplies as the soldiers had with them, were taken up, and Gideon ordered the rest of the Israelites to their tents, but kept the three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
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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 .
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9. That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Go, descend on the camp, for I have delivered it up to you.
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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 .
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10. If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your aide Purah.
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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 :
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11. When you hear what they are saying, you will have the courage to descend on the camp." So he went down with his aide Purah to the outposts of the camp.
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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 .
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12. The Midianites, Amalekites, and all the Kedemites lay in the valley, as numerous as locusts. Nor could their camels be counted, for these were as many as the sands on the seashore.
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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 .
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13. When Gideon arrived, one man was telling another about a dream. "I had a dream," he said, "that a round loaf of barley bread was rolling into the camp of Midian. It came to our tent and struck it, and as it fell it turned the tent upside down."
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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 .
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14. "This can only be the sword of the Israelite Gideon, son of Joash," the other replied. "God has delivered Midian and all the camp into his power."
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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 .
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15. When Gideon heard the description and explanation of the dream, he prostrated himself. Then returning to the camp of Israel, he said, "Arise, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your power."
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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 .
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16. He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and provided them all with horns and with empty jars and torches inside the jars.
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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 H3605 's hand H3027 , with empty H7386 pitchers H3537 , and lamps H3940 within H8432 the pitchers H3537 .
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17. "Watch me and follow my lead," he told them. "I shall go to the edge of the camp, and as I do, you must do also.
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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 .
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18. When I and those with me blow horns, you too must blow horns all around the camp and cry out, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'"
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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 .
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19. So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the posting of the guards. They blew the horns and broke the jars they were holding.
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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 .
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20. All three companies blew horns and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hands, and in their right the horns they were blowing, and cried out, "A sword for the LORD and Gideon!"
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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 .
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21. They all remained standing in place around the camp, while the whole camp fell to running and shouting and fleeing.
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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 .
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22. But the three hundred men kept blowing the horns, and throughout the camp the LORD set the sword of one against another. The army fled as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zarethan, near the border of Abel-meholah at Tabbath.
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22. And the three H7969 hundred H3967 blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 , and the LORD H3068 set H7760 H853 every man H376 's sword H2719 against his fellow H7453 , even throughout all H3605 the host H4264 : and the host H4264 fled H5127 to H5704 Beth H1029 -shittah in Zererath H6888 , and to H5704 the border H8193 of Abel H65 -meholah, unto H5921 Tabbath H2888 .
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23. The Israelites were called to arms from Naphtali, from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.
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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 .
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24. Gideon also sent messengers throughout the mountain region of Ephraim to say, "Go down to confront Midian, and seize the water courses against them as far as Beth-barah, as well as the Jordan." So all the Ephraimites were called to arms, and they seized the water courses as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan as well.
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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 H1012 -barah 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 H1012 -barah and Jordan H3383 .
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25. They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian and carried the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
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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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