Judges 7
New King James Version
Gideon’s Valiant Three Hundred
7 Then (A)Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.
2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel (B)claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ 3 Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, (C)‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ ” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.
4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.” 5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.” 6 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. 7 Then the Lord said to Gideon, (D)“By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his [a]place.” 8 So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
9 It happened on the same (E)night that the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand. 10 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant, 11 and you shall (F)hear what they say; and afterward [b]your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the armed men who were in the camp. 12 Now the Midianites and Amalekites, (G)all the people of the East, were lying in the valley (H)as numerous as locusts; and their camels were [c]without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude.
13 And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”
14 Then his companion answered and said, “This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand (I)God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.”
15 And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Arise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.” 16 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. 17 And he said to them, “Look at me and do likewise; watch, and when I come to the edge of the camp you shall do as I do: 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the trumpets on every side of the whole camp, and say, ‘The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!’ ”
19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!” 21 And (J)every man stood in his place all around the camp; (K)and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred (L)blew the trumpets, (M)the Lord set (N)every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to [d]Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of (O)Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered together from (P)Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.
24 Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the (Q)mountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and (R)seized the watering places as far as (S)Beth Barah and the Jordan. 25 And they captured (T)two princes of the Midianites, (U)Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the (V)other side of the Jordan.
Footnotes
- Judges 7:7 home
- Judges 7:11 you shall be encouraged
- Judges 7:12 innumerable
- Judges 7:22 Heb. Beth Shittah
Judges 7
King James Version
7 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mga Hukom 7
Ang Biblia, 2001
Ang Tatlong Daang Mandirigma
7 Pagkatapos, si Jerubaal, samakatuwid ay si Gideon, at ang lahat ng mga taong kasama niya ay maagang bumangon, at nagkampo sa tabi ng bukal ng Harod. Ang kampo ng Midian ay nasa dakong hilaga nila, sa may burol ng More, sa libis.
2 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Gideon, “Ang mga taong kasama mo ay lubhang napakarami upang aking ibigay ang mga Midianita sa kanilang kamay. Baka ang Israel ay magmalaki laban sa akin, na sinasabi, ‘Ang sarili kong kamay ang nagligtas sa akin.’
3 Kaya't(A) ngayo'y ipahayag mo sa pandinig ng mga tao, ‘Sinumang matatakutin at nanginginig ay umuwi na sa bahay.’” At sinubok sila ni Gideon, umuwi ang dalawampu't dalawang libo, at naiwan ang sampung libo.
4 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Gideon, “Napakarami pa rin ng tao, dalhin mo sila sa tubig at doo'y aking susubukin sila para sa iyo. Sinumang aking sabihin sa iyo, ‘Ang taong ito ay sasama sa iyo;’ iyon ang sasama sa iyo; at ang sinumang sabihin ko sa iyo, ‘Ang taong ito ay hindi sasama sa iyo,’ iyon ay hindi sasama sa iyo.”
5 Kaya't kanyang dinala ang mga tao sa tubig; at sinabi ng Panginoon kay Gideon, “Bawat uminom ng tubig sa pamamagitan ng kanyang dila, gaya ng pag-inom ng aso, ay iyong ihihiwalay; gayundin ang bawat lumuhod upang uminom.”
6 Ang bilang ng mga uminom, na inilagay ang kanilang kamay sa kanilang bibig, ay tatlong daang lalaki; ngunit ang lahat ng nalabi sa mga tao ay lumuhod upang uminom ng tubig.
7 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Gideon, “Sa pamamagitan ng tatlong daang lalaking uminom ay ililigtas ko kayo, at ibibigay ko ang mga Midianita sa iyong kamay; at ang iba ay pauwiin mo na sa kanya-kanyang bahay.”
8 Kaya't kumuha ang mga tao ng mga pagkain at ng kanilang mga trumpeta at kanyang sinugo ang lahat ng mga lalaki sa Israel sa kanya-kanyang tolda, ngunit itinira ang tatlong daang lalaki. Ang kampo ng Midian ay nasa ibaba niya sa libis.
9 Nang gabing iyon ay sinabi ng Panginoon sa kanya, “Bumangon ka, lusungin mo ang kampo, sapagkat aking ibinigay na ito sa iyong kamay.
10 Ngunit kung natatakot kang lumusong, lumusong ka sa kampo na kasama si Pura na iyong lingkod.
11 Iyong maririnig kung ano ang kanilang sinasabi, at pagkatapos ang iyong mga kamay ay palalakasin upang masalakay mo ang kampo.” Nang magkagayo'y lumusong siyang kasama si Pura na kanyang lingkod sa himpilan ng mga lalaking may sandata na nasa kampo.
12 Ang mga Midianita at ang mga Amalekita at ang lahat ng mga taga-silangan ay nakakalat sa libis na parang balang sa dami; at ang kanilang mga kamelyo ay di mabilang na gaya ng buhangin sa tabi ng dagat.
13 Nang dumating si Gideon, may isang lalaki na nagsasalaysay ng isang panaginip sa kanyang kasama, at kanyang sinabi, “Nagkaroon ako ng isang panaginip. May isang munting tinapay na sebada na gumulong patungo sa kampo ng Midian at umabot sa tolda. Tinamaan ang tolda at iyon ay bumagsak, bumaliktad, at ito'y nawasak.”
14 At sumagot ang kanyang kasama, “Ito'y wala nang iba kundi ang tabak ni Gideon, na anak ni Joas. Siya'y isang lalaking Israelita at sa kanyang kamay ibinigay ng Diyos ang Midian at ang buong hukbo.”
Hinipan ang mga Trumpeta
15 Nang marinig ni Gideon ang salaysay tungkol sa panaginip, at ang kahulugan niyon, siya'y bumalik sa kampo ng Israel, at sinabi, “Tumindig kayo! Ibinigay na ng Panginoon sa inyong kamay ang hukbo ng Midian.”
16 Hinati niya ang tatlong daang lalaki sa tatlong pulutong, at kanyang nilagyan ang mga kamay nilang lahat ng mga trumpeta, at mga bangang walang laman at mga sulo sa loob ng mga banga.
17 At kanyang sinabi sa kanila, “Masdan ninyo ako, at gayundin ang inyong gawin. Pagdating ko sa may hangganan ng kampo, ay gawin ninyo kung ano ang aking gagawin.
18 Kapag hinipan ko at ng lahat ng kasama ko ang trumpeta, ang mga trumpeta sa lahat ng panig ng kampo ay hihipan din, at isigaw ninyo, ‘Para sa Panginoon at para kay Gideon.’”
Nalupig ang Midian
19 Kaya't si Gideon at ang isandaang lalaking kasama niya ay nakarating sa mga hangganan ng kampo sa pasimula ng pagbabantay sa hatinggabi nang halos kahahalili pa lamang ng bantay. Kanilang hinipan ang mga trumpeta at binasag ang mga banga na nasa kanilang mga kamay.
20 Hinipan ng tatlong pulutong ang mga trumpeta at binasag ang mga banga, na hawak ang mga sulo sa kanilang kaliwang kamay, at ang mga trumpeta sa kanilang kanang kamay na kanilang hinihipan, at sila'y nagsigawan, “Ang tabak para sa Panginoon at kay Gideon!”
21 Bawat isa ay nakatayo sa kanya-kanyang lugar sa palibot ng kampo, at ang buong hukbo ay nagtakbuhan; sila'y sumigaw at tumakas.
22 Nang kanilang hipan ang tatlong daang trumpeta, pinapaglaban ng Panginoon ang mga kaaway laban sa isa't-isa,[a] at laban sa buong hukbo; at tumakas ang hukbo hanggang sa Bet-sita sa dakong Zerera, hanggang sa hangganan ng Abel-mehola, sa tabi ng Tabat.
23 At ang hukbo ng Israel ay tinipon mula sa Neftali, sa Aser, at sa buong Manases, at kanilang hinabol ang Midian.
24 Nagpadala si Gideon ng mga sugo sa lahat ng lupaing maburol ng Efraim, na sinasabi, “Lusungin ninyo ang Midian, at abangan ninyo sila sa tubig, hanggang sa Bet-bara, at gayundin ang Jordan.” Sa gayo'y ang lahat ng mga lalaki ng Efraim ay tinipon, at inagapan ang tubig hanggang sa Bet-bara, at ang Jordan.
25 Kanilang hinuli ang dalawang prinsipe ng Midian, sina Oreb at Zeeb. Sa kanilang pagtugis sa Midian, pinatay nila si Oreb sa bato ni Oreb at si Zeeb sa pisaan ng ubas ni Zeeb. Kanilang dinala ang mga ulo nina Oreb at Zeeb kay Gideon sa kabila ng Jordan.
Footnotes
- Mga Hukom 7:22 Sa Hebreo ay inilagay ng Panginoon ang tabak ng bawat isa laban sa kanyang kasama .
Judges 7
New International Version
Gideon Defeats the Midianites
7 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal(A) (that is, Gideon(B)) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod.(C) The camp of Midian(D) was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.(E) 2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength(F) has saved me.’ 3 Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.(G)’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many(H) men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” 6 Three hundred of them(I) drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands.(J) Let all the others go home.”(K) 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.
Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9 During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands.(L) 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12 The Midianites, the Amalekites(M) and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.(N) Their camels(O) could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.(P)
13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash,(Q) the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped.(R) He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”(S) 16 Dividing the three hundred men(T) into three companies,(U) he placed trumpets(V) and empty jars(W) in the hands of all of them, with torches(X) inside.
17 “Watch me,” he told them. “Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets,(Y) then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”
19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars(Z) that were in their hands. 20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches(AA) in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword(AB) for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.(AC)
22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(AD) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(AE) with their swords.(AF) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(AG) near Tabbath. 23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher(AH) and all Manasseh were called out,(AI) and they pursued the Midianites.(AJ) 24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan(AK) ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”
So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. 25 They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb(AL). They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb,(AM) and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites(AN) and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.(AO)
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