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Judges 7:14-16
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14 The other man said,[a] “Without a doubt this symbolizes[b] the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

Gideon Routs the Enemy

15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God.[c] Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!” 16 He divided the 300 men into three units.[d] He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:14 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  2. Judges 7:14 tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”
  3. Judges 7:15 tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”
  4. Judges 7:16 tn Heb “heads.”
  5. Judges 7:16 tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.
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