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Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of [a]Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, [b]by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and [c]depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:1 That is, Trembling. See verse 3.
  2. Judges 7:1 Or, from the hill of Moreh onwards in the valley
  3. Judges 7:3 Or, go round about

Gideon Defeats the Midianites

Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal(A) (that is, Gideon(B)) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod.(C) The camp of Midian(D) was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.(E) The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength(F) has saved me.’ Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.(G)’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

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