Judges 7
1 and to rise Jerubbaal he/she/it Gideon and all [the] people: soldiers which with him and to camp upon Harod Harod and camp Midian to be to/for him from north from hill [the] Moreh in/on/with valley
The next morning, Gideon and his men got up early and went as far as Harod Spring. The army of Midian was camped north of them, in the valley near Moreh Hill.
2 and to say LORD to(wards) Gideon many [the] people: soldiers which with you from to give: give I [obj] Midian in/on/with hand: power their lest to beautify upon me Israel to/for to say hand: power my to save to/for me
Yahweh said to Gideon, “You have too many soldiers with you. If I allow all of you to fight the army of Midian, [if your army defeats them], they will boast to me that they defeated their enemies by themselves, [without my help].
3 and now to call: call out please in/on/with ear: to ears [the] people: soldiers to/for to say who? afraid and trembling to return: return and to depart from mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Gilead and to return: return from [the] people: soldiers twenty and two thousand and ten thousand to remain
So tell the men, ‘Whoever among you is timid or afraid may leave us and go home.’” So [after Gideon told that to them], 22,000 of them went home. Only 10,000 men were left there.
4 and to say LORD to(wards) Gideon still [the] people: soldiers many to go down [obj] them to(wards) [the] water and to refine him to/for you there and to be which to say to(wards) you this to go: went with you he/she/it to go: went with you and all which to say to(wards) you this not to go: went with you he/she/it not to go: went
But Yahweh told Gideon, “There are still too many men! Take them down to the spring, and there I will choose from among them, which ones will go with you and which ones will not go.”.
5 and to go down [obj] [the] people: soldiers to(wards) [the] water and to say LORD to(wards) Gideon all which to lick in/on/with tongue his from [the] water like/as as which to lick [the] dog to set [obj] him to/for alone and all which to bow upon knee his to/for to drink
When Gideon took the men down to the spring, Yahweh told him, “When they drink, put into one group the ones who scoop the water into their hands, and then lap it up like dogs do. Put into another group the ones who kneel down [and bend over] and drink with their mouths in the water.”
6 and to be number [the] to lick in/on/with hand their to(wards) lip their three hundred man and all remainder [the] people: soldiers to bow upon knee their to/for to drink water
So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water.
7 and to say LORD to(wards) Gideon in/on/with three hundred [the] man [the] to lick to save [obj] you and to give: give [obj] Midian in/on/with hand: power your and all [the] people: soldiers to go: went man: anyone to/for place his
Then Yahweh told Gideon, “The 300 men who lapped the water from their hands will be your army! I will enable them to defeat the Midian army. Let all the others go home!”
8 and to take: take [obj] provision [the] people: soldiers in/on/with hand their and [obj] trumpet their and [obj] all man Israel to send: depart man: anyone to/for tent his and in/on/with three hundred [the] man to strengthen: hold and camp Midian to be to/for him from underneath: under in/on/with valley
So Gideon’s 300 men collected the food and rams’ horns from all the other men, and then he sent them home. The men of Midian were camping in the valley below Gideon.
9 and to be in/on/with night [the] he/she/it and to say to(wards) him LORD to arise: rise to go down in/on/with camp for to give: give him in/on/with hand: power your
That night, Yahweh said to Gideon, “Get up and go down to their camp, [and you will hear something that will convince you that] I will enable your men to defeat them.
10 and if afraid you(m. s.) to/for to go down to go down you(m. s.) and Purah youth your to(wards) [the] camp
But if you are afraid to attack them by yourself, take your servant Purah with you.
11 and to hear: hear what? to speak: speak and after to strengthen: strengthen hand your and to go down in/on/with camp and to go down he/she/it and Purah youth his to(wards) end [the] armed which in/on/with camp
Go down and listen to what some of the Midian soldiers are saying. Then you will be very encouraged, and you will be ready to attack their camp.” So Gideon took Purah with him, and they went down to the edge of the enemy camp.
12 and Midian and Amalek and all son: descendant/people East to fall: fall in/on/with valley like/as locust to/for abundance and to/for camel their nothing number like/as sand which/that upon lip: shore [the] sea to/for abundance
The armies of the people of Midian and Amalek and from the east had set up their tents and looked like a swarm of locusts. It seemed that their camels were as impossible to count as the grains of sand on the seashore.
13 and to come (in): come Gideon and behold man to recount to/for neighbor his dream and to say behold dream to dream and behold (bun *Q(K)*) food: bread barley to overturn in/on/with camp Midian and to come (in): come till [the] tent and to smite him and to fall: fall and to overturn him to/for above [to] and to fall: fall [the] tent
Gideon crept closer and heard one man telling a friend about a dream. He said, “I just had a dream, and in the dream I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumble down into our Midian camp. It struck a tent so hard that the tent turned upside down and collapsed!”
14 and to answer neighbor his and to say nothing this lest if: surely yes sword Gideon son: child Joash man Israel to give: give [the] God in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Midian and [obj] all [the] camp
His friend said, “Your dream can mean only one thing. It means that God will enable Gideon, the man of Israel, to defeat all of the armies that are here with us men from Midian.”
15 and to be like/as to hear: hear Gideon [obj] number [the] dream and [obj] breaking his and to bow and to return: return to(wards) camp Israel and to say to arise: rise for to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power your [obj] camp Midian
When Gideon heard the [man tell about his] dream and the meaning of that dream, he thanked God. Then he [and Purah] returned to the Israeli camp, and he shouted to the men, “Get up! Because God is enabling you to defeat the men from Midian!”
16 and to divide [obj] three hundred [the] man three head: group and to give: put trumpet in/on/with hand all their and jar worthless and torch in/on/with midst [the] jar
He divided his men into three groups. He gave each man a ram’s horn and an empty clay jar. He also gave each of them a torch [that they lit].
17 and to say to(wards) them from me to see: see and so to make: do and behold I to come (in): come in/on/with end [the] camp and to be like/as as which to make: do so to make: do [emph?]
Then he said to them, “Watch me. When we come close to the enemy camp, [spread out to surround the camp]. Then do exactly what I do.
18 and to blow in/on/with trumpet I and all which with me and to blow in/on/with trumpet also you(m. p.) around: side all [the] camp and to say to/for LORD and to/for Gideon
As soon as I and the men with me blow our ram’s horns, you men in the other two groups surrounding the camp blow your horns and shout, ‘[We are doing this] for Yahweh and for Gideon!’”
19 and to come (in): come Gideon and hundred man which with him in/on/with end [the] camp head: first [the] watch [the] middle surely to arise: guard to arise: guard [obj] [the] to keep: guard and to blow in/on/with trumpet and to shatter [the] jar which in/on/with hand their
A while before midnight, just after a new group of Israeli guards took the places of the previous group, Gideon and the 100 men with him arrived at the edge of the Midian camp. Suddenly they all blew their horns, and broke their jars.
20 and to blow three [the] head: group in/on/with trumpet and to break [the] jar and to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand left their in/on/with torch and in/on/with hand right their [the] trumpet to/for to blow and to call: call out sword to/for LORD and to/for Gideon
Then the men in all three groups blew their horns and smashed their jars. They held the torches high with their left hands, and held up the horns with their right hands and alternatively blew them and shouted, “[We have] swords [to fight] for Yahweh and for Gideon!”
21 and to stand: stand man: anyone underneath: stand him around to/for camp and to run: run all [the] camp and to shout (and to flee *Q(K)*)
Each of Gideon’s men stood in his position around the enemy camp. As they watched, all the Midian men started running around and shouting in a panic.
22 and to blow three hundred [the] trumpet and to set: make LORD [obj] sword man: anyone in/on/with neighbor his and in/on/with all [the] camp and to flee [the] camp till Beth-shittah [the] Beth-shittah Zererah till lip: edge Abel-meholah Abel-meholah upon Tabbath
While the 300 Israeli men kept blowing their horns, Yahweh caused their enemies to start fighting each other with their swords/daggers. Some of them killed each other. The rest fled. Some fled south to Beth-Shittah. Some fled to Zerarah [village], near Tabbath.
23 and to cry man Israel from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh and to pursue after Midian
Then Gideon sent messages to the soldiers in the areas where the descendants of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh lived, to tell them to come and pursue the army of Midian.
24 and messenger to send: depart Gideon in/on/with all mountain: hill country Ephraim to/for to say to go down to/for to encounter: toward Midian and to capture to/for them [obj] [the] water till Beth-barah Beth-barah and [obj] [the] Jordan and to cry all man Ephraim and to capture [obj] [the] water till Beth-barah Beth-barah and [obj] [the] Jordan
He also sent messengers throughout the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, saying, “Come down to attack the army of Midian. Come down to the Jordan River, to the place where people can wade across, to prevent enemy troops from crossing it! Station men as far south as Beth-Barah.” So the men of Ephraim did what Gideon told them to do.
25 and to capture two ruler Midian [obj] Oreb and [obj] Zeeb and to kill [obj] Oreb in/on/with rock Oreb and [obj] Zeeb to kill in/on/with wine Zeeb and to pursue to(wards) Midian and head Oreb and Zeeb to come (in): bring to(wards) Gideon from side: beyond to/for Jordan
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two generals of the Midian army. They killed Oreb at [the big rock which is now called] the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at [the place where people crush grapes that is now called] the winepress of Zeeb. Afterwards, the Israelis cut off the heads of Oreb and Zeeb and brought them to Gideon, while he was near the Jordan River.
