Judges:7

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* Then Jerubbaal Y @rubba #al #, who is Gideon Gid #own #, and all the people that were with him , rose up early , and pitched beside the well of Harod #Eyn : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them , by the hill of Moreh , in the valley . * And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #own #, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands , lest Israel vaunt themselves against me , saying , Mine own hand hath saved me . * Now therefore go to , proclaim in the ears of the people , saying , Whosoever is fearful and afraid , let him return and depart early from mount Gilead Gil #ad #. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand ; and there remained ten thousand . * And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #own #, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water , and I will try them for thee there : and it shall be , that of whom I say unto thee , This shall go with thee , the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee , This shall not go with thee , the same shall not go . * So he brought down the people unto the water : and the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #own #, 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 . * And the number of them that lapped , putting their hand to their mouth , were three hundred men : but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water . * And the LORD said unto Gideon Gid #own #, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you , and deliver the Midianites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place . * So the people took victuals in their hand , and their trumpets : and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent , and retained those three hundred men : and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley . * And it came to pass the same night , that the LORD said unto him , Arise , get thee down unto the host ; for I have delivered it into thine hand . * But if thou fear to go down , go # thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host : * And thou shalt hear what they say ; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host . Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host . * And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude ; and their camels were without number , as the sand by the sea side for multitude . * And when Gideon was come , behold , there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow , and said , Behold , I dreamed a dream , and , lo , a cake ts @ of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian , and came unto a tent , and smote it that it fell , and overturned it , that the tent lay along . * And his fellow answered and said , This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash Yow #ash #, a man of Israel Yisra #el #: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian , and all the host . * And it was so , when Gideon heard the telling of the dream , and the interpretation thereof , that he worshipped , and returned into the host of Israel Yisra #el #, and said , Arise ; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian . * And he divided the three hundred men into three companies ro #sh #, and he put a trumpet in every mans hand , with empty pitchers , and lamps within the pitchers . * And he said unto them , Look on me , and do likewise : and , behold , when I come to the outside of the camp , it shall be that , as I do , so shall ye do . * When I blow with a trumpet , I and all that are with me , then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp , and say , The sword of the LORD , and of Gideon Gid #own #. * So Gideon Gid #own #, and the hundred men that were with him , came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch ; and they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets , and brake the pitchers that were in their hands . * And the three companies blew the trumpets , and brake the pitchers , and held the lamps in their left hands , and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal : and they cried , The sword of the LORD , and of Gideon Gid #own #. * And they stood every man in his place round about the camp : and all the host ran , and cried , and fled (8675 ). * And the three hundred blew the trumpets , and the LORD set every mans sword against his fellow , even throughout all the host : and the host fled to Bethshittah Beyth hash-Shittah # in Zererath , and to the border of Abelmeholah #Abel , unto Tabbath . * And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali , and out of Asher , and out of all Manasseh , and pursued after the Midianites . * And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim , saying , Come down against the Midianites , and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah Beythand Jordan . Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together , and took the waters unto Bethbarah Beythand Jordan . * And they took two princes of the Midianites , Oreb and Zeeb Ze #eb #; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb , and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb Ze #eb #, and pursued Midian , and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan .

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