7:1 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.
7:2 And Yehovah 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.
7:3 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.
7:4 And Yehovah 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.
7:5 And he brought the people down to the water; and Yehovah 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.
7:6 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.
7:7 And Yehovah 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.
7:8 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
strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in
the valley.
7:9 And it came to pass in that night that Yehovah said to him, Arise, go
down into the camp, for I have delivered it into thy hand.
7:10 And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Phara
into the camp.
7:11 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.
7:12 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.
7:13 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.
7:14 And his neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword
of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: Elohim has delivered Madiam and all
the host into his hand.
7:15 And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the
interpretation of it, that he worshipped Yehovah, and returned to the camp
of Israel, and said, Rise, for Yehovah has delivered the camp of Madiam
into our hand.
7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put
horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers:
7:17 and he said to them, Ye shall look at me, and so shall ye do; and
behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass
[that] as I do, so shall ye do.
7:18 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 Yehovah and Gedeon.
7:19 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 broke the pitchers that
were in their hands,
7:20 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 Yehovah and for Gedeon.
7:21 And [every] man stood in his place round about the host; and all the
host ran, and sounded [an alarm], and fled.
7:22 And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and Yehovah set [every]
man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.
7:23 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.
7:24 And Gedeon sent messengers 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.
7:25 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 heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan. |
7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all
the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of
Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by
the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
7:2 And Yehovah said unto Gideon, 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.
7:3 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. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there
remained ten thousand.
7:4 And Yehovah said unto Gideon, 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.
7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and Yehovah said unto
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.
7:6 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.
7:7 And Yehovah said unto Gideon, 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.
7:8 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.
7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that Yehovah said unto him, Arise,
get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to
the host:
7:11 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.
7:12 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.
7:13 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 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.
7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath Elohim
delivered Midian, and all the host.
7:15 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, and said, Arise; for Yehovah hath delivered into your hand the host
of Midian.
7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a
trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the
pitchers.
7:17 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.
7:18 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
Yehovah, and of Gideon.
7:19 So Gideon, 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.
7:20 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 Yehovah, and of Gideon.
7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the
host ran, and cried, and fled.
7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Yehovah set every man's
sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to
Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
7:23 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.
7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come
down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah
and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and
took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they
slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb,
and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the
other side Jordan. |