Dual Panel1Jerub-Baal <03378> (that <01931> is, Gideon <01439>) and his men <05971> got up <07925> the next morning and camped <02583> near <05921> the spring of Harod <05878>. The Midianites <04080> were camped <04264> north <06828> of them near the hill <01389> of Moreh <04176> in the valley <06010>.
2The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Gideon <01439>, “You have too many <07227> men <05971> for <0854> me to hand <03027> <05414> Midian <04080> over <03027> <05414> to <05921> you. Israel <03478> might <06435> brag <06286>, ‘Our own strength <03027> has delivered <03467> us.’
3Now <06258>, announce <0241> <04994> <07121> to the men <05971>, ‘Whoever <04310> is shaking <02730> with fear <03373> may turn around <07725> and leave <06852> Mount <02022> Gilead <01568>.’” Twenty-two <08147> <06242> thousand <0505> men <05971> went home <07725>; ten <06235> thousand <0505> remained <07604>.
4The Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Gideon <01439> again, “There are still <05750> too many <07227> men <05971>. Bring <03381> them down <03381> to <0413> the water <04325> and I will thin the ranks <06884> some more. When <0834> I say <0559>, ‘This <02088> one should go <01980> with <0854> you,’ pick him <01931> to <0413> go <01980>; when <0834> I say <0559>, ‘This <02088> one should not <03808> go <01980> with <05973> you,’ do not <03808> take <01980> him <01931>.”
5So he brought the men <05971> down <03381> to <0413> the water <04325>. Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Gideon <01439>, “Separate those who lap <03952> the water <04325> as <0834> a dog <03611> laps <03952> from those who <0834> kneel <01290> <05921> <03766> to drink <08354>.”
6Three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> lapped <06310> <0413> <03027> <03952>; the rest <03499> of the men <05971> kneeled <01290> <03766> to drink <08354> water <04325>.
7The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Gideon <01439>, “With the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> who lapped <03952> I will deliver <03467> the whole <03605> army <05971> and I will hand <03027> <05414> Midian <04080> over <03027> <05414> to you. The rest of the men <0376> should go <01980> home <04725>.”
8The men <05971> who were chosen took <03947> supplies <06720> and their trumpets <07782>. Gideon sent <07971> all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <0376> <03478> back to their homes <0168>; he kept <02388> only three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376>. Now the Midianites <04080> were camped <04264> down below <08478> in the valley <06010>.
9That <01931> night <03915> the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Gideon, “Get up <06965>! Attack <03381> the camp <04264>, for <03588> I am handing <03027> <05414> it over <03027> <05414> to you.
10But if <0518> you <0859> are afraid <03373> to attack <03381>, go down <03381> to <0413> the camp <04264> with Purah <06513> your <0859> servant <05288>
11and listen <08085> to what <04100> they are saying <01696>. Then <0310> you will be brave <03027> <02388> and attack <03381> the camp <04264>.” So he went down <03381> with Purah <06513> his servant <05288> to <0413> where the sentries were guarding <02571> the camp <04264>.
12Now the Midianites <04080>, Amalekites <06002>, and the people <01121> from the east <06924> covered <05307> the valley <06010> like a swarm of locusts <07230> <0697>. Their camels <01581> could not <0369> be counted <04557>; they were as innumerable <07230> as the sand <02344> on <05921> the seashore <03220> <08193>.
13When Gideon <01439> arrived <0935>, he heard <02009> a man <0376> telling <05608> another man <07453> about a dream <02472> he had. The man said <0559>, “Look <02009>! I had <02492> a dream <02472>. I saw <02009> a stale cake <06742> of barley <08184> bread <03899> rolling into <02015> the Midianite <04080> camp <04264>. It hit <0935> a tent <0168> so hard it knocked <05221> it over <05221> and turned <02015> it upside down <04605>. The tent <0168> just collapsed <05307>.”
14The other man <07453> said <0559> <06030>, “Without <0369> a doubt this <02063> symbolizes <0518> <01115> the sword <02719> of Gideon <01439> son <01121> of Joash <03101>, the Israelite <03478> <0376>. God <0430> is handing <03027> <05414> Midian <04080> and all <03605> the army <04264> over <03027> <05414> to him.”
15When <01961> Gideon <01439> heard <08085> the report <04557> of the dream <02472> and its interpretation <07667>, he praised God <07812>. Then he went back <07725> to <0413> the Israelite <03478> camp <04264> and said <0559>, “Get up <06965>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> is handing <03027> the Midianite <04080> army <04264> over to you!”
16He divided <02673> the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> into three <07969> units <07218>. He gave <05414> them all <03605> trumpets <07782> and empty <07386> jars <03537> with torches <03940> inside <08432> them.
17He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Watch <07200> me and do as <03651> I do <06213>. Watch closely <02009>! I <0595> am going <0935> to the edge <07097> of the camp <04264>. Do <06213> as <03651> I do <06213>!
18When I <0595> and all <03605> who <0834> are with <0854> me blow <08628> our trumpets <07782>, you <0859> also <01571> blow <08628> your trumpets <07782> all <03605> around <05439> the camp <04264>. Then say <0559>, ‘For the Lord <03068> and for Gideon <01439>!’”
19Gideon <01439> took <0935> a hundred <03967> men <0376> to <0854> the edge <07097> of the camp <04264> at the beginning <07218> of the middle <08484> watch <0821>, just after <0389> they had changed <06965> the guards <08104>. They blew <08628> their trumpets <07782> and broke <05310> the jars <03537> they were carrying <03027>.
20All three <07969> units <07218> blew <08628> their trumpets <07782> and broke <07665> their jars <03537>. They held <03027> the torches <03940> in their left hand <08040> and the trumpets <07782> in their right <08628> <03225>. Then they yelled <07121>, “A sword <02719> for the Lord <03068> and for Gideon <01439>!”
21They <0376> stood <05975> in order <08478> all around <05439> the camp <04264>. The whole <03605> army <04264> ran away <07323>; they shouted <07321> as they scrambled away <05127>.
22When the three <07969> hundred <03967> men blew <08628> their trumpets <07782>, the Lord <03068> caused the Midianites to attack one <0376> another <07453> with their swords <02719> throughout <03605> the camp <04264>. The army <04264> fled <05127> to <05704> Beth Shittah <01029> on the way to Zererah <06888>. They went to <05704> the border <08193> of Abel Meholah <065> near <05921> Tabbath <02888>.
23Israelites <03478> from <04480> Naphtali <05321>, Asher <0836>, and Manasseh <04519> answered the call <06817> and chased <07291> the Midianites <04080>.
24Now Gideon <01439> sent <07971> messengers <04397> throughout <03605> the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022> who announced <0559>, “Go down <03381> and head off <07125> the Midianites <04080>. Take control <03920> of the fords of the streams <04325> all the way to <05704> Beth Barah <01012> and the Jordan River <03383>.” When all <03605> the Ephraimites <0669> <0376> had assembled <06817>, they took control <03920> of the fords <04325> all the way to <05704> Beth Barah <01012> and the Jordan River <03383>.
25They captured <03920> the two <08147> Midianite <04080> generals <08269>, Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>. They executed <02026> Oreb <06159> on the rock <06697> of Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062> in the winepress <03342> of Zeeb <02062>. They chased <07291> the Midianites <04080> and brought <0935> the heads <07218> of Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062> to <0413> Gideon <01439>, who was now on the other side <05676> of the Jordan River <03383>.