That same (A)night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, (B)for I have given it into your hand. 10 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant. 11 (C)And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” (D)Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and (E)all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, (F)as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance. 13 When 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.” 14 And 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.”

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Gideon Spies on the Midianite Camp

That night the Lord said to him, “Get up and attack the camp, for I have handed it over to you.(A) 10 But if you are afraid to attack the camp, go down with Purah your servant. 11 Listen to what they say, and then you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the troops[a] who were in the camp.

12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of the east had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. 13 When Gideon arrived, there was a man telling his friend about a dream. He said, “Listen, I had a dream:(B) a loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp, struck a tent, and it fell. The loaf turned the tent upside down so that it collapsed.”

14 His friend answered, “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has handed the entire Midianite camp over to him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:11 Lit of those who were arranged in companies of 50