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* And Jerobaal rose early , the same is Gedeon , and all the people with him , and encamped at the fountain of Arad ; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him , reaching from Gabaathamorai , in the valley . * And the Lord said to Gedeon , The people with thee are many , so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand , lest at any time Israel boast against me , saying , My hand has saved me . * And now speak in the ears of the people , saying , Who is afraid and fearful ? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad : and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand , and ten thousand were left . * And the Lord said to Gedeon , The people is yet numerous ; bring them down to the water , and I will purge them there for thee : and it shall come to pass that of whomsoever I shall say to thee , This one shall go with thee , even he shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I shall say to thee , This one shall not go with thee , even he shall not go with thee . * And he brought the people down to the water ; and the Lord said to Gedeon , Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap , thou shalt set him apart , and also whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink . * And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men ; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water . * And the Lord said to Gedeon , I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped , and I will give Madiam into thy hand ; and all the rest of the people shall go every one to his place . * And they took the provision of the people in their hand , and their horns ; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent , and he (note :)Or , encouraged (:note ) strengthened the three hundred ; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in the valley . * And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him , Arise , go down into the camp , for I have delivered it into thy hand . * And if thou art afraid to go down , go down thou and thy servant Phara into the camp . * And thou shalt hear what they shall say , and afterwards thy hands shall be strong , and thou shalt go down into the camp : and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the companies of fifty , which were in the camp . * And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley , as the locust for multitude ; and there was no number to their camels , but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude . * And Gedeon came , and behold a man was relating to his neighbour a dream , and he said , Behold , I have dreamed a dream , and behold , a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam , and it came as far as a tent , and smote it , and it fell , and it turned it up , and the tent fell . * And his neighbour answered and said , This is none other than the sword of Gedeon , son of Joas , a man of Israel : God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand . * And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it , that he worshipped the Lord , and returned to the camp of Israel , and said , Rise , for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand . * And he divided the three hundred men into three companies , and put horns in the (note :)Gr . hand (:note ) hands of all , and empty pitchers , and torches in the pitchers : * and he said to them , Ye shall look (note :)Gr . from ; q . d ., at the actions proceeding from me (:note ) at me , and so shall ye do ; and behold , I will go into the Or , corner ; See Ac strkjv @10:11 beginning of the host , and it shall come to pass that as I do , so shall ye do . * And I will sound with the horn , and all ye with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp , and ye shall say , For the Lord and Gedeon . * And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch ; and they completely roused the guards , and sounded with the horns , and they (note :)Gr . shook off (:note ) broke the pitchers that were in their hands , * and the three companies sounded with the horns , and broke the pitchers , and held the torches in their left hands , and in their right hands their horns to sound with ; and they cried out , A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon . * And every man stood in his place round about the host ; and all the host ran , and sounded an alarm , and fled . * And they sounded with the three hundred horns ; and the Lord set every man ’s sword in all the host against his neighbour . * And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath ; and the men of Israel from Nephthali , and from Aser , and from all Manasse , came to help , and followed after Madiam . * And Gedeon sent messengers (note :)Gr . in (:note ) into all mount Ephraim , saying , Come down to meet Madiam , and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan : and every man of Ephraim cried out , and they took the water before hand unto Baethera and Jordan . * And they took the princess of Madiam , even Oreb and Zeb ; and they slew Oreb in Sur Oreb , and they slew Zeb in Jakephzeph ; and they pursued Madiam , and brought the (note :)Gr . head (:note ) heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan .

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