Verse 5
Judges 7:5
Noah Webster Bible
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So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יּ֥וֹרֶד אֶת הָ/עָ֖ם אֶל הַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר יָלֹק֩ בִּ/לְשׁוֹנ֨/וֹ מִן הַ/מַּ֜יִם כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַ/כֶּ֗לֶב תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹת/וֹ֙ לְ/בָ֔ד וְ/כֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר יִכְרַ֥ע עַל בִּרְכָּ֖י/ו לִ/שְׁתּֽוֹת
English Translation
And he brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps the water with his tongue like a dog, you shall set apart by himself, and everyone who kneels down on his knees to drink.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Then Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose early, and encamped besid...
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And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianite...
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3
Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him re...
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4
And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will t...
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5
So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of t...
6
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but a...
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7
And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the M...
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8
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel ev...
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9
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, go down to the host; for I hav...
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10
But if thou fearest to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
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11
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down to the h...
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12
And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley li...
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13
And when Gideon had come, behold, there was a man that told a dream to his fellow, and said, Behold,...
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14
And his fellow answered, and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a...
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15
And it was so , when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshipe...
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16
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand,...
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17
And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and behold, when I come to the outside of the camp...
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18
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side...
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19
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning...
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20
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left...
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21
And they stood every man in his place around the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
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22
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even...
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23
And the men of Israel assembled out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and purs...
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24
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, a...
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25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, a...
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