Gideon's Three Hundred Men
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Then 1Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside 2the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, 3by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, 4lest Israel boast over me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'
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Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 5'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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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And the LORD said to Gideon, 6"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."
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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 7in the valley.
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That same 8night the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, 9for I have given it into your hand.
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But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant.
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10And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp."11Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp.
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And the Midianites and the Amalekites and 12all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, 13as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with 14torches inside the jars.
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And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.
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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, 15'For the LORD and for Gideon.'"
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Juízes 7:1
Então Jerubaal, que é Gideão, e todo o povo que estava com ele, levantando-se de madrugada acamparam junto � fonte de Harode; e o arraial de Midiã estava da banda do norte, perto do outeiro de Moré, no vale.
King James Version KJV
Judges 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.
New King James Version NKJV
Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Juízes 7:1
De madrugada Jerubaal, isto é, Gideão, e todo o seu exército acampou junto à fonte de Harode. O acampamento de Midiã estava ao norte deles, no vale, perto do monte Moré.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)