Gideon Reassured of Victory

⁹ That night the Lord said to Gideon,^[a] “Get up! Attack^[b] the camp, for I am handing it over to you.^{[c] 10} But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant ¹¹ and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave^[d] and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.^{[e] 12} Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts.^[f] Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. ¹³ When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had.^[g] The man^[h] said, “Look! I had a dream. I saw^[i] a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.”^{[j] 14} The other man said,^[k] “Without a doubt this symbolizes^[l] the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”