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Judges 7-8; Luke 5:1-16 (English Standard Version)

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Judges 7-8

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Judges 7

Gideon’s Three Hundred Men
 1Then(A) Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside(B) the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them,(C) by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

 2The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand,(D) lest Israel boast over me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.' 3Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,(E) 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.'" Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.

 4And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' shall not go." 5So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink." 6And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water. 7And the LORD said to Gideon,(F) "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home." 8So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him(G) in the valley.

 9That same(H) night the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp,(I) for 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(J) And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp."(K) Then 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(L) all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number,(M) as 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(N) torches 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,(O) '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.(P) And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" 21Every man stood in his place around the camp,(Q) and all the army ran. They cried out and fled. 22(R) When they blew the 300 trumpets,(S) the LORD set(T) every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.

 24(U) Gideon sent messengers throughout(V) all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as(W) Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan. 25And they captured(X) the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb(Y) at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon(Z) across the Jordan.

Judges 8

Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna
 1(AA) Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they accused him fiercely. 2And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not(AB) the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? 3(AC) God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?"(AD) Then their anger[b] against him subsided when he said this.

 4And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and(AE) the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. 5So he said to the men of(AF) Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." 6And the officials of Succoth said,(AG) "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand,(AH) that we should give bread to your army?" 7So Gideon said, "Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand,(AI) I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers." 8And from there he went up to(AJ) Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. 9And he said to the men of Penuel,(AK) "When I come again in peace,(AL) I will break down this tower."

 10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of(AM) the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men(AN) who drew the sword. 11And Gideon went up by the way of the tent dwellers east of(AO) Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army felt(AP) secure. 12And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them(AQ) and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.

 13Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres. 14And he captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him. And he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men. 15And he came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying,(AR) 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?'" 16And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson. 17(AS) And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

 18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you killed at(AT) Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king." 19And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother.(AU) As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you." 20So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man. 21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and(AV) killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took(AW) the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

Gideon’s Ephod
 22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian." 23Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you;(AX) the LORD will rule over you." 24And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil." (For they had golden earrings,(AY) because they were Ishmaelites.) 25And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. 26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels[c] of gold, besides(AZ) the crescent ornaments and(BA) the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels. 27And Gideon(BB) made an ephod of it and put it in his city,(BC) in Ophrah. And all Israel(BD) whored after it there, and it became a(BE) snare to Gideon and to his family. 28So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more.(BF) And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
The Death of Gideon
 29(BG) Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30Now Gideon had(BH) seventy sons, his own offspring,[d] for he had many wives. 31And his concubine(BI) who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. 32And Gideon the son of Joash died(BJ) in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father,(BK) at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

 33(BL) As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and(BM) whored after the Baals and made(BN) Baal-berith their god. 34And the people of Israel(BO) did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side, 35(BP) and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

Footnotes:
  1. Judges 7:22 Some Hebrew manuscripts Zeredah
  2. Judges 8:3 Hebrew their spirit
  3. Judges 8:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  4. Judges 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins
Cross references:
  1. Judges 7:1 : Judges 6:32
  2. Judges 7:1 : 1 Sam 29:1
  3. Judges 7:1 : Gen 12:6; Deut 11:30
  4. Judges 7:2 : Deut 8:17; Isa 10:13
  5. Judges 7:3 : Deut 20:8
  6. Judges 7:7 : 1 Sam 14:6; 2 Chr 14:11
  7. Judges 7:8 : Judges 7:1
  8. Judges 7:9 : Gen 46:2, 3; 1 Kgs 3:5
  9. Judges 7:9 : Judges 3:28
  10. Judges 7:11 : Judges 7:13-15
  11. Judges 7:11 : 1 Sam 14:9, 10
  12. Judges 7:12 : Judges 6:3
  13. Judges 7:12 : Josh 11:4
  14. Judges 7:16 : Judges 15:4; Gen 15:17
  15. Judges 7:18 : Exodus 14:13, 14; 2 Chr 20:17
  16. Judges 7:20 : Judges 7:18
  17. Judges 7:21 : 2 Kgs 7:7
  18. Judges 7:22 : Josh 6:4, 16, 20
  19. Judges 7:22 : Psalm 83:9; Isa 9:4
  20. Judges 7:22 : 1 Sam 14:20; 2 Chr 20:23
  21. Judges 7:24 : Judges 6:35
  22. Judges 7:24 : Josh 24:33
  23. Judges 7:24 : Judges 3:28
  24. Judges 7:25 : Judges 8:3; Psalm 83:11
  25. Judges 7:25 : Isa 10:26
  26. Judges 7:25 : Judges 8:4
  27. Judges 8:1 : Judges 12:1; 2 Sam 19:41
  28. Judges 8:2 : Isa 24:13; Jer 49:9; Obad 5; Mic 7:1
  29. Judges 8:3 : Judges 7:24, 25
  30. Judges 8:3 : Prov 15:1
  31. Judges 8:4 : Judges 7:6
  32. Judges 8:5 : Gen 33:17; Psalm 60:6
  33. Judges 8:6 : 1 Kgs 20:11
  34. Judges 8:6 : 1 Sam 25:11
  35. Judges 8:7 : Judges 8:16
  36. Judges 8:8 : Gen 32:30, 31; 1 Kgs 12:25
  37. Judges 8:9 : 1 Kgs 22:27, 28
  38. Judges 8:9 : Judges 8:17
  39. Judges 8:10 : Judges 6:3
  40. Judges 8:10 : Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Sam 24:9; 2 Kgs 3:26; 1 Chr 21:5
  41. Judges 8:11 : Num 32:35, 42
  42. Judges 8:11 : Judges 18:27
  43. Judges 8:12 : Psalm 83:11
  44. Judges 8:15 : Judges 8:6
  45. Judges 8:17 : 1 Kgs 12:25
  46. Judges 8:18 : Judges 4:6
  47. Judges 8:19 : Ruth 3:13
  48. Judges 8:21 : Psalm 83:11
  49. Judges 8:21 : Judges 8:26; Isa 3:18
  50. Judges 8:23 : 1 Sam 8:7; 10:19; 12:12, 17, 19
  51. Judges 8:24 : Gen 37:25, 28, 36; 39:1
  52. Judges 8:26 : Judges 8:21
  53. Judges 8:26 : Isa 3:19
  54. Judges 8:27 : Judges 17:5; 18:14, 17; Exodus 28:6-35
  55. Judges 8:27 : Judges 6:24
  56. Judges 8:27 : Judges 8:33; Judges 2:17; Exodus 34:15; Psalm 106:39
  57. Judges 8:27 : Exodus 23:33; Deut 7:16
  58. Judges 8:28 : Judges 3:11; 5:31
  59. Judges 8:29 : Judges 6:32; 7:1
  60. Judges 8:30 : Judges 9:2, 5
  61. Judges 8:31 : Judges 9:1, 2
  62. Judges 8:32 : Gen 15:15; 25:8; Job 5:26
  63. Judges 8:32 : Judges 6:24
  64. Judges 8:33 : Judges 2:19
  65. Judges 8:33 : Judges 8:27
  66. Judges 8:33 : Judges 9:4, 46
  67. Judges 8:34 : Psalm 78:11, 42; 106:13, 21
  68. Judges 8:35 : Judges 9:16-18

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Luke 5:1-16

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Luke 5

Jesus Calls the First Disciples
 1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by(A) the lake of Gennesaret, 2(B) and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were(C) washing their nets. 3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And(D) he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, (E) "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5And Simon answered, "Master,(F) we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." 6And when they had done this,(G) they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them.(H) And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,(I) "Depart from me, for(J) I am a sinful man, O Lord." 9For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." 11And when they had brought their boats to land,(K) they left everything and followed him.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
 12While he was in one of the cities,(L) there came a man full of leprosy.[a] And when he saw Jesus, he(M) fell on his face and begged him, "Lord,(N) if you will, you can make me clean." 13And Jesus[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him. 14And he charged him(O) to tell no one, but "go and show(P) yourself to the priest, and(Q) make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded,(R) for a proof to them." 15(S) But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16But(T) he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

Footnotes:
  1. Luke 5:12 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  2. Luke 5:13 Greek he
Cross references:
  1. Luke 5:1 : Num 34:11; Deut 3:17; Josh 12:3; John 6:1; Matt 14:34
  2. Luke 5:2 : For Luke 5:2-11, Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; John 1:40-42
  3. Luke 5:2 : Mark 1:19
  4. Luke 5:3 : Matt 5:1
  5. Luke 5:4 : John 21:6
  6. Luke 5:5 : John 21:3
  7. Luke 5:6 : John 21:11
  8. Luke 5:7 : John 21:4-8
  9. Luke 5:8 : Matt 8:34
  10. Luke 5:8 : Isa 6:5
  11. Luke 5:11 : Luke 18:28; Matt 19:27; Luke 5:28
  12. Luke 5:12 : For Luke 5:12-14, Matt 8:2-4; Mark 1:40-44
  13. Luke 5:12 : Luke 17:16
  14. Luke 5:12 : Matt 9:28; Mark 9:22, 23
  15. Luke 5:14 : Matt 9:30; 17:9; Mark 1:34; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; Matt 12:16
  16. Luke 5:14 : Luke 17:14
  17. Luke 5:14 : Lev 14:2-32
  18. Luke 5:14 : Luke 9:5; Mark 6:11; James 5:3
  19. Luke 5:15 : Mark 1:45
  20. Luke 5:16 : Mark 1:35; Matt 14:23

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