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1 # Then Jerubbaal <03378>, who is Gideon <01439>, and all the people <05971> that were with him, rose up early <07925> (8686), and pitched <02583> (8799) beside the well of Harod <05878>: so that the host <04264> of the Midianites <04080> were on the north side <06828> of them, by the hill <01389> of Moreh <04176>, in the valley <06010>.
2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, The people <05971> that are with thee are too many <07227> for me to give <05414> (8800) the Midianites <04080> into their hands <03027>, lest Israel <03478> vaunt <06286> (8691) themselves against me, saying <0559> (8800), Mine own hand <03027> hath saved <03467> (8689) me.
3 Now therefore go to <04994>, proclaim <07121> (8798) in the ears <0241> of the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Whosoever is fearful <03373> and afraid <02730>, let him return <07725> (8799) and depart early <06852> (8799) from mount <02022> Gilead <01568>. And there returned <07725> (8799) of the people <05971> twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505>; and there remained <07604> (8738) ten <06235> thousand <0505>.
4 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, The people <05971> are yet too many <07227>; bring them down <03381> (8685) unto the water <04325>, and I will try <06884> (8799) them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say <0559> (8799) unto thee, This shall go <03212> (8799) with thee, the same shall go <03212> (8799) with thee; and of whomsoever I say <0559> (8799) unto thee, This shall not go <03212> (8799) with thee, the same shall not go <03212> (8799).
5 So he brought down <03381> (8686) the people <05971> unto the water <04325>: and the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, Every one that lappeth <03952> (8799) of the water <04325> with his tongue <03956>, as a dog <03611> lappeth <03952> (8799), him shalt thou set <03322> (8686) by himself; likewise every one that boweth down <03766> (8799) upon his knees <01290> to drink <08354> (8800).
6 And the number <04557> of them that lapped <03952> (8764), putting their hand <03027> to their mouth <06310> , were three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376>: but all the rest <03499> of the people <05971> bowed down <03766> (8804) upon their knees <01290> to drink <08354> (8800) water <04325>.
7 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, By the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> that lapped <03952> (8764) will I save <03467> (8686) you, and deliver <05414> (8804) the Midianites <04080> into thine hand <03027>: and let all the other people <05971> go <03212> (8799) every man <0376> unto his place <04725>.
8 So the people <05971> took <03947> (8799) victuals <06720> in their hand <03027>, and their trumpets <07782> : and he sent <07971> (8765) all <0376> the rest of Israel <03478> every man <0376> unto his tent <0168>, and retained <02388> (8689) those three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376>: and the host <04264> of Midian <04080> was beneath him in the valley <06010>.
9 # And it came to pass the same night <03915>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Arise <06965> (8798), get thee down <03381> (8798) unto the host <04264>; for I have delivered <05414> (8804) it into thine hand <03027> .
10 But if thou fear <03373> to go down <03381> (8800), go <03381> <00> thou with Phurah <06513> thy servant <05288> down <03381> (8798) to the host <04264>:
11 And thou shalt hear <08085> (8804) what they say <01696> (8762); and afterward <0310> shall thine hands <03027> be strengthened <02388> (8799) to go down <03381> (8804) unto the host <04264>. Then went he down <03381> (8799) with Phurah <06513> his servant <05288> unto the outside <07097> of the armed men <02571> that were in the host <04264> .
12 And the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites <06002> and all the children <01121> of the east <06924> lay <05307> (8802) along in the valley <06010> like grasshoppers <0697> for multitude <07230>; and their camels <01581> were without number <04557>, as the sand <02344> by the sea <03220> side <08193> for multitude <07230>.
13 And when Gideon <01439> was come <0935> (8799), behold, there was a man <0376> that told <05608> (8764) a dream <02472> unto his fellow <07453>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold, I dreamed <02492> (8804) a dream <02472>, and, lo, a cake <06742> (8675) <06742> of barley <08184> bread <03899> tumbled <02015> (8693) into the host <04264> of Midian <04080>, and came <0935> (8799) unto a tent <0168>, and smote <05221> (8686) it that it fell <05307> (8799), and overturned <02015> (8799) <04605> it, that the tent <0168> lay along <05307> (8804) .
14 And his fellow <07453> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), This is nothing else save the sword <02719> of Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101>, a man <0376> of Israel <03478>: for into his hand <03027> hath God <0430> delivered <05414> (8804) Midian <04080>, and all the host <04264>.
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15 And it was so, when Gideon <01439> heard <08085> (8800) the telling <04557> of the dream <02472>, and the interpretation <07667> thereof, that he worshipped <07812> (8691), and returned <07725> (8799) into the host <04264> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798); for the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into your hand <03027> the host <04264> of Midian <04080>.
16 # And he divided <02673> (8799) the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> into three <07969> companies <07218>, and he put <05414> (8799) a trumpet <07782> in every man's hand <03027>, with empty <07386> pitchers <03537>, and lamps <03940> within <08432> the pitchers <03537>.
17 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Look <07200> (8799) on me, and do <06213> (8799) likewise: and, behold, when I come <0935> (8802) to the outside <07097> of the camp <04264>, it shall be that, as I do <06213> (8799) , so shall ye do <06213> (8799).
18 When I blow <08628> (8804) with a trumpet <07782>, I and all that are with me, then blow <08628> (8804) ye the trumpets <07782> also on every side <05439> of all the camp <04264>, and say <0559> (8804), The sword of the LORD <03068>, and of Gideon <01439>.
19 So Gideon <01439>, and the hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, came <0935> (8799) unto the outside <07097> of the camp <04264> in the beginning <07218> of the middle <08484> watch <0821>; and they had but <0389> newly <06965> (8687) set <06965> (8689) the watch <08104> (8802): and they blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and brake <05310> (8800) the pitchers <03537> that were in their hands <03027>.
20 And the three <07969> companies <07218> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and brake <07665> (8799) the pitchers <03537>, and held <02388> (8686) the lamps <03940> in their left <08040> hands <03027>, and the trumpets <07782> in their right <03225> hands <03027> to blow <08628> (8800) withal: and they cried <07121> (8799), The sword <02719> of the LORD <03068>, and of Gideon <01439>.
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21 And they stood <05975> (8799) every man <0376> in his place round about <05439> the camp <04264>: and all the host <04264> ran <07323> (8799), and cried <07321> (8686), and fled <05127> (8799) (8675) <05127> (8686).
22 And the three <07969> hundred <03967> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and the LORD <03068> set <07760> (8799) every man's <0376> sword <02719> against his fellow <07453>, even throughout all the host <04264>: and the host <04264> fled <05127> (8799) to Bethshittah <01029> in Zererath <06888>, and to the border <08193> of Abelmeholah <065>, unto Tabbath <02888>.
23 # And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> gathered themselves together <06817> (8735) out of Naphtali <05321>, and out of Asher <0836>, and out of all Manasseh <04519>, and pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> the Midianites <04080>.
24 And Gideon <01439> sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> throughout all mount <02022> Ephraim <0669> , saying <0559> (8800), Come down <03381> (8798) against <07125> (8800) the Midianites <04080>, and take <03920> (8798) before them the waters <04325> unto Bethbarah <01012> and Jordan <03383>. Then all the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered themselves together <06817> (8735), and took <03920> (8799) the waters <04325> unto Bethbarah <01012> and Jordan <03383>.
25 And they took <03920> (8799) two <08147> princes <08269> of the Midianites <04080>, Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>; and they slew <02026> (8799) Oreb <06159> upon the rock <06697> Oreb <06159>, and Zeeb <02062> they slew <02026> (8804) at the winepress <03342> of Zeeb <02062>, and pursued <07291> (8799) Midian <04080>, and brought <0935> (8689) the heads <07218> of Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062> to Gideon <01439> on the other side <05676> Jordan <03383>.