Judg 7 | EngLXX | STEP | And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped atthe fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, reaching from Gabaathamorai, in the valley.

Judges 7

1 And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped atthe fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him,reaching from Gabaathamorai, in the valley. 2 And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people with youare many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast againstme, saying, My hand has saved me. 3 And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Whois afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of thepeople twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left. 4 And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water,and I will purge them there for you: and it shall come to pass that of whoever I shall say to you, Thisone shall go with you,even he shall go with you; and of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall not go with you,even he shall not go with you. 5 And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shalllap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, you shall set him apart, andalso whoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men;and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the Lord said to Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, andI will give Madiam into your hand; and all therest of the people shall go every one to his place. 8 And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sentaway every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiamwere beneath him in the valley. 9 And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp,for I have delivered it into your hand. 10 And if you are afraid to go down, go down you and your servant Phara into the camp. 11 And you shall hear what they shall say, and afterwards your hands shall be strong, andyou shall go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of thecompanies of fifty, which were in the camp. 12 And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the eastwere scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to theircamels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude. 13 And Gedeon came, and behold a manwas relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold,a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and struck it, andit fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell. 14 And his neighbor answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, sonof Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand. 15 And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretationof it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord hasdelivered the camp of Madiam into our hand. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the handsof all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers: 17 and he said to them, You⌃ shall look at me, and so shall you⌃ do; and behold, I willgo into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to passthat as I do, so shall you⌃ do. 18 And I will sound with the horn, and all you⌃ with me shall sound with the horn roundabout the whole camp, and you⌃ shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon. 19 And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army inthe beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns,and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands, 20 and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held thetorches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, Asword for the Lord and for Gedeon. 21 Andevery man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and soundedan alarm, and fled. 22 And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord setevery man's sword in all the host against his neighbor. 23 And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men ofIsrael from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam. 24 And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam,and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, andthey took the water before hand to Baethera and Jordan. 25 And they took the princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they killed Oreb in SurOreb, and they killed Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zebto Gedeon from beyond Jordan.