Verse 4
Judges 7:4
Free Bible Version
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Then the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many soldiers. Take them down to the water and I will reduce them for you. Whoever I tell you, ‘He shall go with you,’ he shall go. But anyone that I say, ‘He shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן עוֹד֮ הָ/עָ֣ם רָב֒ הוֹרֵ֤ד אוֹתָ/ם֙ אֶל הַ/מַּ֔יִם וְ/אֶצְרְפֶ֥/נּוּ לְ/ךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם וְ/הָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜י/ךָ זֶ֣ה יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗/ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔/ךְ וְ/כֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔/ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ
English Translation
And the Lord said to Gideon, "Still the people are too many; bring them down to the waters, and I will test them for you there. And it shall be that the one of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go with you; and whoever I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Jerub-baal (Gideon) and those who were with him got up early and went and camped by the Harod spring...
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2
The Lord told Gideon, “There are too many soldiers with you for me to hand over the Midianites to th...
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3
So tell the soldiers, ‘Anyone who is worried or afraid can leave Mount Gilead and go back home.’” Tw...
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4
Then the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many soldiers. Take them down to the water and I wil...
5
Gideon took the soldiers down to the water. The Lord told Gideon, “Set to one side those who lap the...
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6
Three hundred lapped water from their hands to their mouths. All the rest knelt down to drink the wa...
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7
The Lord told Gideon, “With these three hundred men that lapped I will save you and hand over the Mi...
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8
The three hundred took over the supplies and trumpets of the others. Gideon sent all the rest home,...
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9
That night the Lord spoke to Gideon, “Get up, go down and attack the camp, for I have handed it over...
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10
But if you are afraid to go down, go with your servant Purah to the camp.
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11
You'll hear what they're talking about and then you'll have the courage to attack the camp.” So he t...
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12
The Midianites, Amalekites, and all the peoples of the East filled the valley like a swarm of locust...
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13
Just as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream he'd had. He was saying, “I had t...
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14
“This can only represent the victory by the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel,” his fri...
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15
When Gideon heard the dream and what it meant, he bowed in thanks to God (Elohim). He went back to t...
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16
He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He handed them all trumpets, and empty jars w...
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17
“Watch me and follow my example,” he told them. “So when I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly w...
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18
When I and those with me blow the trumpets, then you are to blow your trumpets from all around the c...
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19
Gideon and the hundred men who with him arrived at the edge of the camp around midnight, after the g...
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20
All three companies blew their trumpets and smashed their jars. They held the torches in their left...
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21
Each man stood in his place encircling the camp, and all the enemy soldiers ran around shouting—then...
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22
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord made all the men in the camp attack one other wi...
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23
The Israelite soldiers were summoned from Naphtali, Asher, and all of Manasseh, and they chased afte...
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24
Gideon sent messengers through all the hill country of Ephraim saying, “Come and attack the Midianit...
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25
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, two of the Midianite commanders. They killed Oreb at the rock of O...
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