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. 2 And the
LORD said unto
Gideon, The
people that are with thee are too
many for me to
give the
Midianites into their
hands, lest
Israel vaunt themselves against me,
saying, Mine own
hand hath
saved me.
3 Now therefore go
to, proclaim in the
ears of the
people, saying, Whosoever is
fearful and
afraid, let him
return and depart
early from
mount Gilead. And there
returned of the
people twenty and
two thousand; and there
remained ten thousand. 4 And the
LORD said unto
Gideon, The
people are yet too
many; bring them
down unto the
water, and I will
try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I
say unto thee, This shall
go with thee, the same shall
go with thee; and of whomsoever I
say unto thee, This shall not
go with thee, the same shall not
go.
5 So he brought
down the
people unto the
water: and the
LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that
lappeth of the
water with his
tongue, as a
dog lappeth, him shalt thou
set by himself; likewise every one that boweth
down upon his
knees to
drink.
6 And the
number of them that
lapped, putting their
hand to their
mouth, were
three hundred men: but all the
rest of the
people bowed
down upon their
knees to
drink water. 7 And the
LORD said unto
Gideon, By the
three hundred men that
lapped will I
save you, and
deliver the
Midianites into thine
hand: and let all the other
people go every
man unto his
place. 8 So the
people took victuals in their
hand, and their
trumpets: and he
sent all the rest of
Israel every
man unto his
tent, and
retained those
three hundred men: and the
host of
Midian was beneath him in the
valley. 9 And it came to pass the same
night, that the
LORD said unto him,
Arise, get thee
down unto the
host; for I have
delivered it into thine
hand. 10 But if thou
fear to go
down,
go thou with
Phurah thy
servant down to the
host: 11 And thou shalt
hear what they
say; and
afterward shall thine
hands be
strengthened to go
down unto the
host. Then went he
down with
Phurah his
servant unto the
outside of the armed
men that were in the
host. 12 And the
Midianites and the
Amalekites and all the
children of the
east lay along in the
valley like
grasshoppers for
multitude; and their
camels were without
number, as the
sand by the
sea side for
multitude. 13 And when
Gideon was
come, behold, there was a
man that
told a
dream unto his
fellow, and
said, Behold, I
dreamed a
dream, and, lo, a
cake of
barley bread tumbled into the
host of
Midian, and
came unto a
tent, and
smote it that it
fell, and
overturned it, that the
tent lay
along.
14 And his
fellow answered and
said, This is nothing else save the
sword of
Gideon the
son of
Joash, a
man of
Israel: for into his
hand hath
God delivered Midian, and all the
host. 15 And it was so, when
Gideon heard the
telling of the
dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he
worshipped, and
returned into the
host of
Israel, and
said,
Arise; for the
LORD hath
delivered into your
hand the
host of
Midian. 16 And he
divided the
three hundred men into
three companies, and he
put a
trumpet in every man's
hand, with
empty pitchers, and
lamps within the
pitchers. 17 And he
said unto them,
Look on me, and
do likewise: and, behold, when I
come to the
outside of the
camp, it shall be that, as I
do, so shall ye
do.
18 When I
blow with a
trumpet, I and all that are with me, then
blow ye the
trumpets also on every
side of all the
camp, and
say, The sword of the
LORD, and of
Gideon. 19 So
Gideon, and the
hundred men that were with him,
came unto the
outside of the
camp in the
beginning of the
middle watch; and they had
but newly set the
watch: and they
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the
pitchers that were in their
hands. 20 And the
three companies blew the
trumpets, and
brake the
pitchers, and
held the
lamps in their
left hands, and the
trumpets in their
right hands to
blow withal: and they
cried, The
sword of the
LORD, and of
Gideon. 21 And they
stood every
man in his place round
about the
camp: and all the
host ran, and
cried, and
fled .
22 And the
three hundred blew the
trumpets, and the
LORD set every
man's sword against his
fellow, even throughout all the
host: and the
host fled to
Bethshittah in
Zererath, and to the
border of
Abelmeholah, unto
Tabbath. 23 And the
men of
Israel gathered themselves
together out of
Naphtali, and out of
Asher, and out of all
Manasseh, and
pursued after the
Midianites. 24 And
Gideon sent messengers throughout all
mount Ephraim, saying, Come
down against the
Midianites, and
take before them the
waters unto
Bethbarah and
Jordan. Then all the
men of
Ephraim gathered themselves
together, and
took the
waters unto
Bethbarah and
Jordan. 25 And they
took two princes of the
Midianites, Oreb and
Zeeb; and they
slew Oreb upon the
rock Oreb, and
Zeeb they
slew at the
winepress of
Zeeb, and
pursued Midian, and
brought the
heads of
Oreb and
Zeeb to
Gideon on the other
side Jordan.