Judges 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 7:1

Gideon’s Valiant Three Hundred

1 Then ^aJerubbaal (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.

2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel ^aclaim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

3 Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ^a‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ ” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.

4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.”

5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.”

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Interlinear Bible for Judges 7:1:

Then Jerubbaal,
Yrubba`al (#3378) who
huw' (#1931) is Gideon,
Gid`own (#1439) and all
kol (#3605) the people
`am (#5971) that
'aher (#834) were with
'eth (#854) him, rose up early,
shakam (#7925) and pitched
chanah (#2583) beside
`al (#5921) the well
`Eyn Charod (#5878) of Harod:
`Eyn Charod (#5878) so that the host
machaneh (#4264) of the Midianites
Midyan (#4080) were
hayah (#1961) on the north side
min (#4480) of them, by the hill
min (#4480) of Moreh,
Mowreh (#4176) in the valley.
`emeq (#6010)

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