eSee ver. 13-15
Exodus 4:2
2The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, a“A staff.”Exodus 4:17
17And take in your hand bthis staff, with which you shall do the signs.”Judges 7:9-20
9That same cnight the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, dfor I have given it into your hand. 10But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant. 11 eAnd you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” fThen he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp. 12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and gall the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, has the sand that is on the seashore in abundance. 13When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.” 14And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”15As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand.” 16And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with itorches inside the jars. 17And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. 18When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, j‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”
Gideon Defeats Midian
19So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. 20Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. kAnd they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”2 Samuel 5:24
24And lwhen you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, mfor then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”1 Corinthians 1:18
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the word of the cross is nfolly to othose who are perishing, but to us pwho are being saved it is qthe power of God.
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