Verse 7

Judges 7:7

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7 The Lord told Gideon, “With these three hundred men that lapped I will save you and hand over the Midianites to you. Let all the rest of the soldiers go home.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן בִּ/שְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָ/אִ֤ישׁ הַֽ/מֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/נָתַתִּ֥י אֶת מִדְיָ֖ן בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ וְ/כָל הָ/עָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִ/מְקֹמֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And the Lord said to Gideon, "With three hundred men who lap the water, I will save you, and I will give Midian into your hand, and all the people shall go, each to his place."

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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... Focus ↗

2 The Lord told Gideon, “There are too many soldiers with you for me to hand over the Midianites to th... Focus ↗

3 So tell the soldiers, ‘Anyone who is worried or afraid can leave Mount Gilead and go back home.’” Tw... Focus ↗

4 Then the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many soldiers. Take them down to the water and I wil... Focus ↗

5 Gideon took the soldiers down to the water. The Lord told Gideon, “Set to one side those who lap the... Focus ↗

6 Three hundred lapped water from their hands to their mouths. All the rest knelt down to drink the wa... Focus ↗

7 The Lord told Gideon, “With these three hundred men that lapped I will save you and hand over the Mi...

8 The three hundred took over the supplies and trumpets of the others. Gideon sent all the rest home,... Focus ↗

9 That night the Lord spoke to Gideon, “Get up, go down and attack the camp, for I have handed it over... Focus ↗

10 But if you are afraid to go down, go with your servant Purah to the camp. Focus ↗

11 You'll hear what they're talking about and then you'll have the courage to attack the camp.” So he t... Focus ↗

12 The Midianites, Amalekites, and all the peoples of the East filled the valley like a swarm of locust... Focus ↗

13 Just as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream he'd had. He was saying, “I had t... Focus ↗

14 “This can only represent the victory by the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel,” his fri... Focus ↗

15 When Gideon heard the dream and what it meant, he bowed in thanks to God (Elohim). He went back to t... Focus ↗

16 He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He handed them all trumpets, and empty jars w... Focus ↗

17 “Watch me and follow my example,” he told them. “So when I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly w... Focus ↗

18 When I and those with me blow the trumpets, then you are to blow your trumpets from all around the c... Focus ↗

19 Gideon and the hundred men who with him arrived at the edge of the camp around midnight, after the g... Focus ↗

20 All three companies blew their trumpets and smashed their jars. They held the torches in their left... Focus ↗

21 Each man stood in his place encircling the camp, and all the enemy soldiers ran around shouting—then... Focus ↗

22 When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord made all the men in the camp attack one other wi... Focus ↗

23 The Israelite soldiers were summoned from Naphtali, Asher, and all of Manasseh, and they chased afte... Focus ↗

24 Gideon sent messengers through all the hill country of Ephraim saying, “Come and attack the Midianit... Focus ↗

25 They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, two of the Midianite commanders. They killed Oreb at the rock of O... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 7 (25 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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