²⁸ And he said to them, “Follow after me, ^(A)for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized ^(B)the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.

⁵ And the Gileadites captured ^(A)the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”

¹⁵ As 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.”

⁹ That same ^(A)night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, ^(B)for I have given it into your hand.

⁷ So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan ^(A)as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

⁴⁷ and that all this assembly may know that ^(A)the Lord saves not with sword and spear. ^(B)For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”

^24 (A)Gideon sent messengers throughout ^(B)all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as ^(C)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.

¹⁷ And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.

¹⁰ And Barak called out ^(A)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.