Judges 7:24-8:3
World English Bible
24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan. 25 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they killed at Zeeb’s wine press, as they pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
8 The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply. 2 He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
Judges 7:24-8:3
English Standard Version
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. 25 And they captured (D)the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb (E)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 (F)across the Jordan.
Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna
8 (G)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. 2 And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not (H)the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? 3 (I)God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?” (J)Then their anger[a] against him subsided when he said this.
Footnotes
- Judges 8:3 Hebrew their spirit
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