Now on the same night it came about that the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, (A)for I have handed it over to you. 10 But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp, 11 so that you will hear what they say; and (B)afterward [a]you will have the courage to go down against the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to the [b]outposts of the army that was in the camp. 12 Now the Midianites, the Amalekites, and all the [c]people of the east were lying in the valley (C)as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, (D)as numerous as the sand on the seashore. 13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I [d]had a dream; [e]a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it [f]upside down so that the tent collapsed.” 14 And his friend replied, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has (E)handed over to him Midian and all the camp.”

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  1. Judges 7:11 Lit your hand will be strengthened
  2. Judges 7:11 Lit extremity of the battle formation
  3. Judges 7:12 Lit sons
  4. Judges 7:13 Lit dreamed
  5. Judges 7:13 Lit and behold, a loaf
  6. Judges 7:13 Lit upward

And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down [a]into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp: 11 and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down [b]into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:9 Or, against
  2. Judges 7:11 Or, against