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Judges 7
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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)
Judges 7
King James Version
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.
Judecători 7
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Judecători 7
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Ghedeon îi învinge pe midianiţi
7 Ierub-Baal, adică Ghedeon, împreună cu tot poporul care era cu el, s-au sculat dis-de-dimineaţă, au plecat şi şi-au aşezat tabăra lângă izvorul Harod. Tabăra lui Midian era la nord de ei, lângă dealul Moreh, în vale.
2 Domnul i-a zis lui Ghedeon: „Oamenii care sunt cu tine sunt prea mulţi pentru ca Eu să dau pe Midian în mâinile lor, fiindcă s-ar putea ca Israel să se mândrească faţă de Mine şi să zică că s-a eliberat singur. 3 De aceea vesteşte acum în auzul oamenilor şi zi-le: «Cine este fricos şi se teme să se întoarcă şi să se depărteze de muntele Ghilad!»“ Douăzeci şi două de mii de oameni s-au întors şi au mai rămas zece mii.
4 Domnul i-a zis din nou lui Ghedeon: „Oamenii sunt încă prea mulţi! Coboară-i la ape şi ţi-i voi alege acolo! Acela despre care îţi voi spune să meargă cu tine, va merge cu tine şi toţi aceia despre care îţi voi spune să nu meargă cu tine, nu vor merge cu tine!“
5 Ghedeon i-a dus pe oameni la apă şi Domnul i-a zis: „Pe cei care vor lipăi apa cu limba[a] aşa cum lipăie câinele, să-i separi de toţi aceia care se vor pleca pe genunchi să bea apă!“ 6 Numărul celor care au lipăit apa cu limba a fost de trei sute de bărbaţi. Restul poporului s-a plecat pe genunchi să bea apă.
7 Domnul i-a zis lui Ghedeon: „Cu cei trei sute de bărbaţi care au lipăit din apă cum lipăie câinele, vă voi elibera şi-i voi da pe midianiţi în mâna ta! Toţi ceilalţi oameni să plece acasă!“ 8 După ce poporul şi-a luat proviziile şi trâmbiţele în mâini, Ghedeon i-a trimis pe toţi israeliţii acasă, iar el împreună cu cei trei sute de oameni s-au îmbărbătat. Tabăra lui Midian era în vale, dedesubt de el.
9 Chiar în noaptea aceea, Domnul i-a zis lui Ghedeon: „Scoală-te şi atacă tabăra căci am dat-o în mâinile tale! 10 Dacă ţi-e frică s-o ataci, du-te cu Pura, slujitorul tău! 11 Să asculţi ce vor vorbi, fiindcă după aceea ţi se vor întări mâinile şi vei putea să ataci tabăra!“ Atunci el şi cu Pura, slujitorul lui, au înaintat până la avanpostul străjerilor care erau în tabără. 12 Midianiţii, amalekiţii şi popoarele din răsărit erau răspândiţi în vale, ca o mulţime de lăcuste; cămilele lor erau fără număr, ca nisipul de pe ţărmul mării. 13 Când a sosit Ghedeon, a văzut acolo un om care îi povestea prietenului său un vis. El zicea:
– Am avut un vis: se făcea că o turtă de orz se rostogolea în tabăra midianiţilor. A ajuns până la cort, l-a izbit şi acesta a căzut răsturnându-se cu susul în jos! Astfel cortul a fost distrus!
14 Camaradul lui i-a răspuns:
– Aceasta nu este altceva decât sabia lui Ghedeon, fiul israelitului Ioaş! Dumnezeu i-a dat în mâna lui pe midianiţi cu toată oştirea lor!
15 După ce a auzit Ghedeon povestirea visului şi interpretarea lui, s-a închinat şi s-a întors în tabăra lui Israel. El le-a zis: „Sculaţi-vă, căci Domnul a dat în mâinile voastre oştirea lui Midian!“ 16 A împărţit cei trei sute de oameni în trei cete, a dat fiecăruia câte o trâmbiţă şi nişte ulcioare goale cu torţe în ele, 17 şi le-a zis: „Să vă uitaţi la mine şi să faceţi la fel! Când am să ajung la capătul taberei, să faceţi aşa cum voi face eu! 18 Când eu şi cei care vor fi cu mine vom suna din trâmbiţe, atunci să sunaţi şi voi din trâmbiţele voastre de jur împrejurul întregii tabere şi să ziceţi: «Pentru Domnul şi pentru Ghedeon!»“
19 Ghedeon şi cei o sută de bărbaţi care erau cu el au ajuns la capătul taberei la începutul străjii de la miezul nopţii[b], chiar când se schimbau străjerii. Şi au început să sune din trâmbiţe şi să spargă ulcioarele pe care le aveau în mâini. 20 Toate cele trei cete au sunat din trâmbiţe şi au spart ulcioarele; au apucat de torţe cu mâna stângă, în timp ce în mâna dreaptă ţineau trâmbiţele ca să sune. Apoi au strigat: „Sabia Domnului şi sabia lui Ghedeon!“ 21 Fiecare rămăsese la locul lui în jurul taberei. Şi toţi cei din tabără au început să alerge, să ţipe şi să fugă.
22 Când cei trei sute de bărbaţi au sunat din trâmbiţe, Domnul a făcut ca aliaţii adunaţi în tabără să întoarcă sabia unii împotriva altora. Oştirea a fugit către Bet-Şita, înspre Ţerera, lângă hotarul de la Abel-Mehola, în apropiere de Tabat. 23 Israeliţii din Neftali, din Aşer şi din întregul Manase au fost chemaţi să-i urmărească pe midianiţi.
24 Ghedeon a trimis soli prin toată regiunea muntoasă a lui Efraim, spunând: „Coborâţi, urmăriţi-i pe midianiţi şi capturaţi-i la apele de lângă Bet-Bara şi la Iordan!“ Şi toţi efraimiţii s-au strâns şi au pus stăpânire pe apele de lângă Bet-Bara şi pe Iordan. 25 Le-au prins pe cele două căpetenii ale midianiţilor, pe Oreb şi pe Zeeb. Pe Oreb l-au omorât la Ţur-Oreb[c], iar pe Zeeb l-au omorât la Iecheb-Zeeb[d]. După ce i-au urmărit pe midianiţi, i-au adus lui Ghedeon, dincolo de Iordan, capetele lui Oreb şi Zeeb.
Footnotes
- Judecători 7:5 Din mâna dusă căuş la gură; ideea este că aceştia au rămas în picioare, vigilenţi, spre deosebire de ceilalţi; şi în vs. 6, 7
- Judecători 7:19 Noaptea era împărţită în 3 străji a câte 4 ore (apus-22:00; 22:00-2:00; 2:00-răsărit)
- Judecători 7:25 Sau.: Stânca lui Oreb
- Judecători 7:25 Sau: Teascul lui Zeeb
Judges 7
New King James Version
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
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