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1. And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who are with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.
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1. Then Jerubbaal H3378 , who H1931 is Gideon H1439 , and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with H854 him , rose up early H7925 , and pitched H2583 beside H5921 the well H5878 of Harod H5878 : so that the host H4264 of the Midianites H4080 were H1961 on the north side H4480 H6828 of them , by the hill H4480 H1389 of Moreh H4176 , in the valley H6010 .
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2. And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many are the people who are with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;
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2. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Gideon H1439 , The people H5971 that H834 are with H854 thee are too many H7227 for me to give H5414 H853 the Midianites H4080 into their hands H3027 , lest H6435 Israel H3478 vaunt themselves H6286 against H5921 me, saying H559 , Mine own hand H3027 hath saved H3467 me.
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3. and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;` and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.
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3. Now H6288 therefore go to H4994 , proclaim H7121 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 , saying H559 , Whosoever H4310 is fearful H3373 and afraid H2730 , let him return H7725 and depart early H6852 from mount H4480 H2022 Gilead H1568 . And there returned H7725 of H4480 the people H5971 twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 ; and there remained H7604 ten H6235 thousand H505 .
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4. And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Yet are the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine it for thee there; and it hath been, he of whom I say unto thee, This doth go with thee -- he doth go with thee; and any of whom I say unto thee, This doth not go with thee -- he doth not go.`
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4. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Gideon H1439 , The people H5971 are yet H5750 too many H7227 ; bring them down H3381 H853 unto H413 the water H4325 , and I will try H6884 them for thee there H8033 : and it shall be H1961 , that of whom H834 I say H559 unto H413 thee, This H2088 shall go H1980 with H854 thee , the same H1931 shall go H1980 with H854 thee ; and of whomsoever H3605 H834 I say H559 unto H413 thee, This H2088 shall not H3808 go H1980 with H5973 thee , the same H1931 shall not H3808 go H1980 .
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5. And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.`
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5. So he brought down H3381 H853 the people H5971 unto H413 the water H4325 : and the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Gideon H1439 , Every one H3605 that H834 lappeth H3952 of H4480 the water H4325 with his tongue H3956 , as H834 a dog H3611 lappeth H3952 , him shalt thou set H3322 by himself H905 ; likewise every one H3605 that H834 boweth down H3766 upon H5921 his knees H1290 to drink H8354 .
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6. And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
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6. And the number H4557 of them that lapped H3952 , putting their hand H3027 to H413 their mouth H6310 , were H1961 three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 : but all H3605 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 bowed down H3766 upon H5921 their knees H1290 to drink H8354 water H4325 .
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7. And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.`
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7. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Gideon H1439 , By the three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 that lapped H3952 will I save H3467 you , and deliver H5414 H853 the Midianites H4080 into thine hand H3027 : and let all H3605 the other people H5971 go H1980 every man H376 unto his place H4725 .
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8. And the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley.
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8. So the people H5971 took H3947 H853 victuals H6720 in their hand H3027 , and their trumpets H7782 : and he sent H7971 all H3605 the rest of Israel H3478 every man H376 unto his tent H168 , and retained H2388 those three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 : and the host H4264 of Midian H4080 was H1961 beneath H4480 H8478 him in the valley H6010 .
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9. And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith unto him, `Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into thy hand;
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9. And it came to pass H1961 the same H1931 night H3915 , that the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 him, Arise H6965 , get thee down H3381 unto the host H4264 ; for H3588 I have delivered H5414 it into thine hand H3027 .
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10. and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,
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10. But if H518 thou H859 fear H3372 to go down H3381 , go H3381 thou H859 with Phurah H6513 thy servant H5288 down H3381 to H413 the host H4264 :
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11. and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.` And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who are in the camp;
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11. And thou shalt hear H8085 what H4100 they say H1696 ; and afterward H310 shall thine hands H3027 be strengthened H2388 to go down H3381 unto the host H4264 . Then went he down H3381 with Phurah H6513 his servant H5288 unto H413 the outside H7097 of the armed men H2571 that H834 were in the host H4264 .
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12. and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.
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12. And the Midianites H4080 and the Amalekites H6003 and all H3605 the children H1121 of the east H6924 lay H5307 along in the valley H6010 like grasshoppers H697 for multitude H7230 ; and their camels H1581 were without H369 number H4557 , as the sand H2344 by H7945 H5921 the sea H3220 side H8193 for multitude H7230 .
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13. And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, `Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.`
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13. And when Gideon H1439 was come H935 , behold H2009 , there was a man H376 that told H5608 a dream H2472 unto his fellow H7453 , and said H559 , Behold H2009 , I dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 , and, lo H2009 , a cake H6742 of barley H8184 bread H3899 tumbled H2015 into the host H4264 of Midian H4080 , and came H935 unto H5704 a tent H168 , and smote H5221 it that it fell H5307 , and overturned H2015 H4605 it , that the tent H168 lay along H5307 .
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14. And his companion answereth and saith, `This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God hath given into his hand Midian and all the camp.`
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14. And his fellow H7453 answered H6030 and said H559 , This H2063 is nothing else H369 save H1115 H518 the sword H2719 of Gideon H1439 the son H1121 of Joash H3101 , a man H376 of Israel H3478 : for into his hand H3027 hath God H430 delivered H5414 H853 Midian H4080 , and all H3605 the host H4264 .
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15. And it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, `Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.`
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15. And it was H1961 so , when Gideon H1439 heard H8085 H853 the telling H4557 of the dream H2472 , and the interpretation H7667 thereof , that he worshiped H7812 , and returned H7725 into H413 the host H4264 of Israel H3478 , and said H559 , Arise H6965 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath delivered H5414 into your hand H3027 H853 the host H4264 of Midian H4080 .
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16. And he divideth the three hundred men into three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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16. And he divided H2673 H853 the three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 into three H7969 companies H7218 , and he put H5414 a trumpet H7782 in every man H3605 's hand H3027 , with empty H7386 pitchers H3537 , and lamps H3940 within H8432 the pitchers H3537 .
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17. And he saith unto them, `Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp -- and it hath been -- as I do so ye do;
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17. And he said H559 unto H413 them, Look H7200 on H4480 me , and do H6213 likewise H3651 : and, behold H2009 , when I H595 come H935 to the outside H7097 of the camp H4264 , it shall be H1961 that , as H834 I do H6213 , so H3651 shall ye do H6213 .
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18. and I have blown with a trumpet -- I and all who are with me, and ye have blown with trumpets, even ye, round about all the camp, and have said, For Jehovah and for Gideon.`
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18. When I blow H8628 with a trumpet H7782 , I H595 and all H3605 that H834 are with H854 me , then blow H8628 ye H859 the trumpets H7782 also H1571 on every side H5439 of all H3605 the camp H4264 , and say H559 , The sword of the LORD H3068 , and of Gideon H1439 .
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19. And Gideon cometh -- and the hundred men who are with him -- into the extremity of the camp, at the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets -- dashing in pieces also the pitchers which are in their hand;
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19. So Gideon H1439 , and the hundred H3967 men H376 that H834 were with H854 him, came H935 unto the outside H7097 of the camp H4264 in the beginning H7218 of the middle H8484 watch H821 ; and they had but H389 newly set H6965 H6965 H853 the watch H8104 : and they blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 , and broke H5310 the pitchers H3537 that H834 were in their hands H3027 .
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20. and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, `The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.`
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20. And the three H7969 companies H7218 blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 , and broke H7665 the pitchers H3537 , and held H2388 the lamps H3940 in their left H8040 hands H3027 , and the trumpets H7782 in their right H3225 hands H3027 to blow H8628 withal : and they cried H7121 , The sword H2719 of the LORD H3068 , and of Gideon H1439 .
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21. And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee;
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21. And they stood H5975 every man H376 in his place H8478 round about H5439 the camp H4264 : and all H3605 the host H4264 ran H7323 , and cried H7321 , and fled H5127 .
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22. and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.
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22. And the three H7969 hundred H3967 blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 , and the LORD H3068 set H7760 H853 every man H376 's sword H2719 against his fellow H7453 , even throughout all H3605 the host H4264 : and the host H4264 fled H5127 to H5704 Beth H1029 -shittah in Zererath H6888 , and to H5704 the border H8193 of Abel H65 -meholah, unto H5921 Tabbath H2888 .
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23. And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian.
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23. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 gathered themselves together H6817 out of Naphtali H4480 H5321 , and out of H4480 Asher H836 , and out of H4480 all H3605 Manasseh H4519 , and pursued H7291 after H310 the Midianites H4080 .
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24. And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, `Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;` and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,
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24. And Gideon H1439 sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout all H3605 mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , saying H559 , Come down H3381 against H7125 the Midianites H4080 , and take H3920 before them H853 the waters H4325 unto H5704 Beth H1012 -barah and Jordan H3383 . Then all H3605 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 gathered themselves together H6817 , and took H3920 H853 the waters H4325 unto H5704 Beth H1012 -barah and Jordan H3383 .
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25. and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they have slain at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue unto Midian; and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they have brought in unto Gideon beyond the Jordan.
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25. And they took H3920 two H8147 princes H8269 of the Midianites H4080 , H853 Oreb H6159 and Zeeb H2062 ; and they slew H2026 H853 Oreb H6159 upon the rock H6697 Oreb H6159 , and Zeeb H2062 they slew H2026 at the winepress H3342 of Zeeb H2062 , and pursued H7291 H413 Midian H4080 , and brought H935 the heads H7218 of Oreb H6159 and Zeeb H2062 to H413 Gideon H1439 on the other side H4480 H5676 Jordan H3383 .
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