7:1 Then
Jerubbaal
(that
is,
Gideon)
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
rose
early
and
encamped
beside
the
spring
of
Harod.
And
the
camp
of
Midian
was
north
of
them,
by
the
hill
of
Moreh,
in
the
valley.
7:2 The
LORD
said
to
Gideon,
"The
people
with
you
are
too
many
for
me
to
give
the
Midianites
into
their
hand,
lest
Israel
boast
over
me,
saying,
'My
own
hand
has
saved
me.'
7:3 Now
therefore
proclaim
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
saying,
'Whoever
is
fearful
and
trembling,
let
him
return
home
and
hurry
away
from
Mount
Gilead.'"
Then
22,000
of
the
people
returned,
and
10,000
remained.
7:4 And
the
LORD
said
to
Gideon,
"The
people
are
still
too
many.
Take
them
down
to
the
water,
and
I
will
test
them
for
you
there,
and
anyone
of
whom
I
say
to
you,
'This
one
shall
go
with
you,'
shall
go
with
you,
and
anyone
of
whom
I
say
to
you,
'This
one
shall
not
go
with
you,'
shall
not
go."
7:5 So
he
brought
the
people
down
to
the
water.
And
the
LORD
said
to
Gideon,
"Every
one
who
laps
the
water
with
his
tongue,
as
a
dog
laps,
you
shall
set
by
himself.
Likewise,
every
one
who
kneels
down
to
drink."
7:6 And
the
number
of
those
who
lapped,
putting
their
hands
to
their
mouths,
was
300
men,
but
all
the
rest
of
the
people
knelt
down
to
drink
water.
7:7 And
the
LORD
said
to
Gideon,
"With
the
300
men
who
lapped
I
will
save
you
and
give
the
Midianites
into
your
hand,
and
let
all
the
others
go
every
man
to
his
home."
7:8 So
the
people
took
provisions
in
their
hands,
and
their
trumpets.
And
he
sent
all
the
rest
of
Israel
every
man
to
his
tent,
but
retained
the
300
men.
And
the
camp
of
Midian
was
below
him
in
the
valley.
7:9 That
same
night
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Arise,
go
down
against
the
camp,
for
I
have
given
it
into
your
hand.
7:10 But
if
you
are
afraid
to
go
down,
go
down
to
the
camp
with
Purah
your
servant.
7:11 And
you
shall
hear
what
they
say,
and
afterward
your
hands
shall
be
strengthened
to
go
down
against
the
camp."
Then
he
went
down
with
Purah
his
servant
to
the
outposts
of
the
armed
men
who
were
in
the
camp.
7:12 And
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
all
the
people
of
the
East
lay
along
the
valley
like
locusts
in
abundance,
and
their
camels
were
without
number,
as
the
sand
that
is
on
the
seashore
in
abundance.
7:13 When
Gideon
came,
behold,
a
man
was
telling
a
dream
to
his
comrade.
And
he
said,
"Behold,
I
dreamed
a
dream,
and
behold,
a
cake
of
barley
bread
tumbled
into
the
camp
of
Midian
and
came
to
the
tent
and
struck
it
so
that
it
fell
and
turned
it
upside
down,
so
that
the
tent
lay
flat."
7:14 And
his
comrade
answered,
"This
is
no
other
than
the
sword
of
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash,
a
man
of
Israel;
God
has
given
into
his
hand
Midian
and
all
the
camp."
7:15 As
soon
as
Gideon
heard
the
telling
of
the
dream
and
its
interpretation,
he
worshiped.
And
he
returned
to
the
camp
of
Israel
and
said,
"Arise,
for
the
LORD
has
given
the
host
of
Midian
into
your
hand."
7:16 And
he
divided
the
300
men
into
three
companies
and
put
trumpets
into
the
hands
of
all
of
them
and
empty
jars,
with
torches
inside
the
jars.
7:17 And
he
said
to
them,
"Look
at
me,
and
do
likewise.
When
I
come
to
the
outskirts
of
the
camp,
do
as
I
do.
7:18 When
I
blow
the
trumpet,
I
and
all
who
are
with
me,
then
blow
the
trumpets
also
on
every
side
of
all
the
camp
and
shout,
'For
the
LORD
and
for
Gideon.'"
7:19 So
Gideon
and
the
hundred
men
who
were
with
him
came
to
the
outskirts
of
the
camp
at
the
beginning
of
the
middle
watch,
when
they
had
just
set
the
watch.
And
they
blew
the
trumpets
and
smashed
the
jars
that
were
in
their
hands.
7:20 Then
the
three
companies
blew
the
trumpets
and
broke
the
jars.
They
held
in
their
left
hands
the
torches,
and
in
their
right
hands
the
trumpets
to
blow.
And
they
cried
out,
"A
sword
for
the
LORD
and
for
Gideon!"
7:21 Every
man
stood
in
his
place
around
the
camp,
and
all
the
army
ran.
They
cried
out
and
fled.
7:22 When
they
blew
the
300
trumpets,
the
LORD
set
every
man's
sword
against
his
comrade
and
against
all
the
army.
And
the
army
fled
as
far
as
Beth-shittah
toward
Zererah,
as
far
as
the
border
of
Abel-meholah,
by
Tabbath.
7:23 And
the
men
of
Israel
were
called
out
from
Naphtali
and
from
Asher
and
from
all
Manasseh,
and
they
pursued
after
Midian.
7:24 Gideon
sent
messengers
throughout
all
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
saying,
"Come
down
against
the
Midianites
and
capture
the
waters
against
them,
as
far
as
Beth-barah,
and
also
the
Jordan."
So
all
the
men
of
Ephraim
were
called
out,
and
they
captured
the
waters
as
far
as
Beth-barah,
and
also
the
Jordan.
7:25 And
they
captured
the
two
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb.
They
killed
Oreb
at
the
rock
of
Oreb,
and
Zeeb
they
killed
at
the
winepress
of
Zeeb.
Then
they
pursued
Midian,
and
they
brought
the
heads
of
Oreb
and
Zeeb
to
Gideon
across
the
Jordan.