07_JUD_07_01 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 .
07_JUD_07_02 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 .
07_JUD_07_03 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 .
07_JUD_07_04 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 .
07_JUD_07_05 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 .
07_JUD_07_06 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 .
07_JUD_07_07 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 .
07_JUD_07_08 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 .
07_JUD_07_09 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 .
07_JUD_07_10 but if thou Fear to go down , go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host :
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp : And all the host ran , And cried , And fled .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .
07_JUD_07_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 .