‏ Judges 7:16

16He divided the 300 men into three units. ▼
▼tn Heb “heads.”
He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ▼
▼tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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▼sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.
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