1
H3378
Then Jerubbaal
H1439
, who is Gideon
H5971
, and all the people
H7925
that were with him, rose up early
[H8686]
H2583
, and pitched
[H8799]
H5878
beside the well of Harod
H4264
: so that the host
H4080
of the Midianites
H6828
were on the north side
H1389
of them, by the hill
H4176
of Moreh
H6010
, in the valley.
2
H3068
And the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H1439
unto Gideon
H5971
, The people
H7227
that are with thee are too many
H5414
for me to give
[H8800]
H4080
the Midianites
H3027
into their hands
H3478
, lest Israel
H6286
vaunt
[H8691]
H559
themselves against me, saying
[H8800]
H3027
, Mine own hand
H3467
hath saved
[H8689]
me.
3
H4994
Now therefore go to
H7121
, proclaim
[H8798]
H241
in the ears
H5971
of the people
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H3373
, Whosoever is fearful
H2730
and afraid
H7725
, let him return
[H8799]
H6852
and depart early
[H8799]
H2022
from mount
H1568
Gilead
H7725
. And there returned
[H8799]
H5971
of the people
H6242
twenty
H8147
and two
H505
thousand
H7604
; and there remained
[H8738]
H6235
ten
H505
thousand.
4
H3068
And the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H1439
unto Gideon
H5971
, The people
H7227
are yet too many
H3381
; bring them down
[H8685]
H4325
unto the water
H6884
, and I will try
[H8799]
H559
them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say
[H8799]
H3212
unto thee, This shall go
[H8799]
H3212
with thee, the same shall go
[H8799]
H559
with thee; and of whomsoever I say
[H8799]
H3212
unto thee, This shall not go
[H8799]
H3212
with thee, the same shall not go
[H8799]
.
5
H3381
So he brought down
[H8686]
H5971
the people
H4325
unto the water
H3068
: and the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H1439
unto Gideon
H3952
, Every one that lappeth
[H8799]
H4325
of the water
H3956
with his tongue
H3611
, as a dog
H3952
lappeth
[H8799]
H3322
, him shalt thou set
[H8686]
H3766
by himself; likewise every one that boweth down
[H8799]
H1290
upon his knees
H8354
to drink
[H8800]
.
6
H4557
And the number
H3952
of them that lapped
[H8764]
H3027
, putting their hand
H6310
to their mouth
H7969
, were three
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H3499
: but all the rest
H5971
of the people
H3766
bowed down
[H8804]
H1290
upon their knees
H8354
to drink
[H8800]
H4325
water.
7
H3068
And the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H1439
unto Gideon
H7969
, By the three
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H3952
that lapped
[H8764]
H3467
will I save
[H8686]
H5414
you, and deliver
[H8804]
H4080
the Midianites
H3027
into thine hand
H5971
: and let all the other people
H3212
go
[H8799]
H376
every man
H4725
unto his place.
8
H5971
So the people
H3947
took
[H8799]
H6720
victuals
H3027
in their hand
H7782
, and their trumpets
H7971
: and he sent
[H8765]
H376
all
H3478
the rest of Israel
H376
every man
H168
unto his tent
H2388
, and retained
[H8689]
H7969
those three
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H4264
: and the host
H4080
of Midian
H6010
was beneath him in the valley.
9
H3915
And it came to pass the same night
H3068
, that the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H6965
unto him, Arise
[H8798]
H3381
, get thee down
[H8798]
H4264
unto the host
H5414
; for I have delivered
[H8804]
H3027
it into thine hand.
10
H3373
But if thou fear
H3381
to go down
[H8800]
H3381
, go
H6513
thou with Phurah
H5288
thy servant
H3381
down
[H8798]
H4264
to the host:
11
H8085
And thou shalt hear
[H8804]
H1696
what they say
[H8762]
H310
; and afterward
H3027
shall thine hands
H2388
be strengthened
[H8799]
H3381
to go down
[H8804]
H4264
unto the host
H3381
. Then went he down
[H8799]
H6513
with Phurah
H5288
his servant
H7097
unto the outside
H2571
of the armed men
H4264
that were in the host.
12
H4080
And the Midianites
H6002
and the Amalekites
H1121
and all the children
H6924
of the east
H5307
lay
[H8802]
H6010
along in the valley
H697
like grasshoppers
H7230
for multitude
H1581
; and their camels
H4557
were without number
H2344
, as the sand
H3220
by the sea
H8193
side
H7230
for multitude.
13
H1439
And when Gideon
H935
was come
[H8799]
H376
, behold, there was a man
H5608
that told
[H8764]
H2472
a dream
H7453
unto his fellow
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H2492
, Behold, I dreamed
[H8804]
H2472
a dream
H6742
, and, lo, a cake
[H8675]
H6742
H8184
of barley
H3899
bread
H2015
tumbled
[H8693]
H4264
into the host
H4080
of Midian
H935
, and came
[H8799]
H168
unto a tent
H5221
, and smote
[H8686]
H5307
it that it fell
[H8799]
H2015
, and overturned
[H8799]
H4605
H168
it, that the tent
H5307
lay along
[H8804]
.
14
H7453
And his fellow
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H559
and said
[H8799]
H2719
, This is nothing else save the sword
H1439
of Gideon
H1121
the son
H3101
of Joash
H376
, a man
H3478
of Israel
H3027
: for into his hand
H430
hath God
H5414
delivered
[H8804]
H4080
Midian
H4264
, and all the host.
15
H1439
And it was so, when Gideon
H8085
heard
[H8800]
H4557
the telling
H2472
of the dream
H7667
, and the interpretation
H7812
thereof, that he worshipped
[H8691]
H7725
, and returned
[H8799]
H4264
into the host
H3478
of Israel
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H6965
, Arise
[H8798]
H3068
; for the LORD
H5414
hath delivered
[H8804]
H3027
into your hand
H4264
the host
H4080
of Midian.
16
H2673
And he divided
[H8799]
H7969
the three
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H7969
into three
H7218
companies
H5414
, and he put
[H8799]
H7782
a trumpet
H3027
in every man's hand
H7386
, with empty
H3537
pitchers
H3940
, and lamps
H8432
within
H3537
the pitchers.
17
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H7200
unto them, Look
[H8799]
H6213
on me, and do
[H8799]
H935
likewise: and, behold, when I come
[H8802]
H7097
to the outside
H4264
of the camp
H6213
, it shall be that, as I do
[H8799]
H6213
, so shall ye do
[H8799]
.
18
H8628
When I blow
[H8804]
H7782
with a trumpet
H8628
, I and all that are with me, then blow
[H8804]
H7782
ye the trumpets
H5439
also on every side
H4264
of all the camp
H559
, and say
[H8804]
H3068
, The sword of the LORD
H1439
, and of Gideon.
19
H1439
So Gideon
H3967
, and the hundred
H376
men
H935
that were with him, came
[H8799]
H7097
unto the outside
H4264
of the camp
H7218
in the beginning
H8484
of the middle
H821
watch
H389
; and they had but
H6965
newly
[H8687]
H6965
set
[H8689]
H8104
the watch
[H8802]
H8628
: and they blew
[H8799]
H7782
the trumpets
H5310
, and brake
[H8800]
H3537
the pitchers
H3027
that were in their hands.
20
H7969
And the three
H7218
companies
H8628
blew
[H8799]
H7782
the trumpets
H7665
, and brake
[H8799]
H3537
the pitchers
H2388
, and held
[H8686]
H3940
the lamps
H8040
in their left
H3027
hands
H7782
, and the trumpets
H3225
in their right
H3027
hands
H8628
to blow
[H8800]
H7121
withal : and they cried
[H8799]
H2719
, The sword
H3068
of the LORD
H1439
, and of Gideon.
21
H5975
And they stood
[H8799]
H376
every man
H5439
in his place round about
H4264
the camp
H4264
: and all the host
H7323
ran
[H8799]
H7321
, and cried
[H8686]
H5127
, and fled
[H8799]
[H8675]
H5127
[H8686]
.
22
H7969
And the three
H3967
hundred
H8628
blew
[H8799]
H7782
the trumpets
H3068
, and the LORD
H7760
set
[H8799]
H376
every man's
H2719
sword
H7453
against his fellow
H4264
, even throughout all the host
H4264
: and the host
H5127
fled
[H8799]
H1029
to Bethshittah
H6888
in Zererath
H8193
, and to the border
H65
of Abelmeholah
H2888
, unto Tabbath.
23
H376
And the men
H3478
of Israel
H6817
gathered themselves together
[H8735]
H5321
out of Naphtali
H836
, and out of Asher
H4519
, and out of all Manasseh
H7291
, and pursued
[H8799]
H310
after
H4080
the Midianites.
24
H1439
And Gideon
H7971
sent
[H8804]
H4397
messengers
H2022
throughout all mount
H669
Ephraim
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H3381
, Come down
[H8798]
H7125
against
[H8800]
H4080
the Midianites
H3920
, and take
[H8798]
H4325
before them the waters
H1012
unto Bethbarah
H3383
and Jordan
H376
. Then all the men
H669
of Ephraim
H6817
gathered themselves together
[H8735]
H3920
, and took
[H8799]
H4325
the waters
H1012
unto Bethbarah
H3383
and Jordan.
25
H3920
And they took
[H8799]
H8147
two
H8269
princes
H4080
of the Midianites
H6159
, Oreb
H2062
and Zeeb
H2026
; and they slew
[H8799]
H6159
Oreb
H6697
upon the rock
H6159
Oreb
H2062
, and Zeeb
H2026
they slew
[H8804]
H3342
at the winepress
H2062
of Zeeb
H7291
, and pursued
[H8799]
H4080
Midian
H935
, and brought
[H8689]
H7218
the heads
H6159
of Oreb
H2062
and Zeeb
H1439
to Gideon
H5676
on the other side
H3383
Jordan.