Judges 7 (NET)

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Judges 7:1¹Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 6:32 Gen 12:6 Eccl 9:10 Deut 11:30 Gen 22:3 Josh 3:1 Josh 6:12

Judges 7:2²The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 8:17 1 Cor 1:27-29 2 Cor 4:7 Rom 11:18 Zech 12:7 Zech 4:6 1 Cor 2:4-5 1 Sam 14:6 Deut 32:27 Ezek 28:17

Judges 7:3³Now, announce to the men, ‘Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” 22,000 men went home; 10,000 remained.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:8 Rev 17:14 Matt 20:16 Rev 21:8 Luke 14:25-33 Matt 13:21

Judges 7:4⁴The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say, ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 33:16 1 Sam 16:7 1 Sam 14:6 Job 23:10 Mal 3:2-3 Ps 7:9 Gen 22:1 Jer 6:27-30 Ps 66:10

Judges 7:5⁵So he brought the men down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 7:6⁶Only 300 men lapped with their hands to their mouths; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 7:7⁷The Lord said to Gideon, “With the 300 men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 14:6 Isa 41:14-16

Judges 7:8⁸The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only 300 men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 27:13 1 Cor 15:52 Josh 6:20 Josh 6:4 Judg 3:27 Judg 6:33 Lev 23:24 Lev 25:9 Num 10:9

Judges 7:9⁹That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 18:9-10 Gen 46:2-3 Judg 3:28 2 Chr 16:8-9 2 Chr 20:17 Acts 27:23 Isa 41:10-16 Isa 43:1-2 Job 33:15-16 Job 4:13

Judges 7:10¹⁰But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servantCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 4:10-14 Judg 4:8-9

Judges 7:11¹¹and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:9-10 Eph 6:10 Phil 4:13 1 Sam 14:8-10 1 Sam 23:16 Exod 13:18 Ezra 6:22 Gen 24:14 Isa 35:3-4 Judg 7:13-15

Judges 7:12¹²Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 6:5 Judg 8:10 Isa 8:9-10 Josh 11:4 Judg 6:3 Ps 118:10-12 Ps 3:1 Ps 33:16 1 Kgs 4:30 2 Chr 14:9-12

Judges 7:13¹³When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, “Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:27 Isa 41:14-15 Judg 3:15 Judg 3:31 Judg 4:21 Judg 4:9 Judg 6:15

Judges 7:14¹⁴The other man said, “Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 2:9 2 Kgs 7:6-7 Exod 15:14-15 Job 1:10 Josh 2:24 Josh 5:1 Num 22:38 Num 23:20 Num 23:5 Num 24:10-13

Judges 7:15¹⁵When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:4-6 Gen 24:48 Gen 40:8 2 Chr 20:18-19 Gen 24:26-27 Gen 41:11 Judg 4:14 Exod 4:30-31

Judges 7:16¹⁶He divided the 300 men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:7

Judges 7:17¹⁷He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:24 1 Cor 11:1 Heb 13:7 1 Pet 5:3 Judg 9:48

Judges 7:18¹⁸When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 20:15-17 1 Sam 17:47

Judges 7:19¹⁹Gideon took 100 men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:24 Ps 2:9 Rev 16:15 1 Thess 5:2 Jer 13:13-14 Jer 19:1-11 Judg 7:16 Matt 25:6

Judges 7:20²⁰All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:52 Isa 27:13 Josh 6:16 2 Cor 4:7 Josh 6:20 Josh 6:4 Num 10:1-10 1 Thess 4:16 Heb 11:4

Judges 7:21²¹They stood in order all around the camp. The whole Midianite army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 28:1 2 Chr 20:17 2 Kgs 7:6-7 Exod 14:13-14 Exod 14:25 Isa 30:15 Isa 30:7 Job 15:21-22

Judges 7:22²²When the 300 men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:12 1 Kgs 19:16 2 Chr 20:23 Isa 19:2 Isa 9:4 Josh 6:16 Josh 6:20 Josh 6:4 Ps 83:9 1 Sam 14:16-20

Judges 7:23²³Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 6:35 1 Sam 14:21-22

Judges 7:24²⁴Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, “Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.” When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:28 Judg 12:5 Judg 3:27-28 Phil 1:27 Rom 15:30

Judges 7:25²⁵They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 10:26 Judg 8:3-4 Ps 83:11-12 Josh 7:26