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Then Jerubbaal[H3378], who is Gideon[H1439], and all the people[H5971] that were with him, rose up early[H7925], and pitched[H2583] beside the well of Harod[H5878]: so that the host[H4264] of the Midianites[H4080] were on the north side[H6828] of them, by the hill[H1389] of Moreh[H4176], in the valley[H6010].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Gideon[H1439], The people[H5971] that are with thee are too many[H7227] for me to give[H5414] the Midianites[H4080] into their hands[H3027], lest Israel[H3478]vaunt[H6286] themselves against me, saying[H559], Mine own hand[H3027] hath saved[H3467] me.
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Now therefore go to[H4994], proclaim[H7121] in the ears[H241] of the people[H5971], saying[H559], Whosoever is fearful[H3373] and afraid[H2730], let him return[H7725] and depart early[H6852] from mount[H2022]Gilead[H1568]. And there returned[H7725] of the people[H5971]twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]thousand[H505]; and there remained[H7604]ten[H6235]thousand[H505].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Gideon[H1439], The people[H5971] are yet too many[H7227]; bring them down[H3381] unto the water[H4325], and I will try[H6884] them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say[H559] unto thee, This shall go[H3212] with thee, the same shall go[H3212] with thee; and of whomsoever I say[H559] unto thee, This shall not go[H3212] with thee, the same shall not go[H3212].
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So he brought down[H3381] the people[H5971] unto the water[H4325]: and the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Gideon[H1439], Every one that lappeth[H3952] of the water[H4325] with his tongue[H3956], as a dog[H3611]lappeth[H3952], him shalt thou set[H3322] by himself; likewise every one that boweth down[H3766] upon his knees[H1290] to drink[H8354].
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And the number[H4557] of them that lapped[H3952], putting their hand[H3027] to their mouth[H6310], were three[H7969]hundred[H3967]men[H376]: but all the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] bowed down[H3766] upon their knees[H1290] to drink[H8354]water[H4325].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Gideon[H1439], By the three[H7969]hundred[H3967]men[H376] that lapped[H3952] will I save[H3467] you, and deliver[H5414] the Midianites[H4080] into thine hand[H3027]: and let all the other people[H5971]go[H3212] every man[H376] unto his place[H4725].
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So the people[H5971]took[H3947]victuals[H6720] in their hand[H3027], and their trumpets[H7782]: and he sent[H7971]all[H376] the rest of Israel[H3478] every man[H376] unto his tent[H168], and retained[H2388] those three[H7969]hundred[H3967]men[H376]: and the host[H4264] of Midian[H4080] was beneath him in the valley[H6010].
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And it came to pass the same night[H3915], that the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto him, Arise[H6965], get thee down[H3381] unto the host[H4264]; for I have delivered[H5414] it into thine hand[H3027].
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But if thou fear[H3373] to go[H3381]down[H3381], go[H3381] thou with Phurah[H6513] thy servant[H5288]down[H3381] to the host[H4264]:
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And thou shalt hear[H8085] what they say[H1696]; and afterward[H310] shall thine hands[H3027] be strengthened[H2388] to go down[H3381] unto the host[H4264]. Then went he down[H3381] with Phurah[H6513] his servant[H5288] unto the outside[H7097] of the armed men[H2571] that were in the host[H4264].
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And the Midianites[H4080] and the Amalekites[H6002] and all the children[H1121] of the east[H6924]lay[H5307] along in the valley[H6010] like grasshoppers[H697] for multitude[H7230]; and their camels[H1581] were without number[H4557], as the sand[H2344] by the sea[H3220]side[H8193] for multitude[H7230].
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And when Gideon[H1439] was come[H935], behold, there was a man[H376] that told[H5608] a dream[H2472] unto his fellow[H7453], and said[H559], Behold, I dreamed[H2492] a dream[H2472], and, lo, a cake[H6742] of barley[H8184]bread[H3899]tumbled[H2015] into the host[H4264] of Midian[H4080], and came[H935] unto a tent[H168], and smote[H5221] it that it fell[H5307], and overturned[H2015] it, that the tent[H168] lay along[H5307].
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And his fellow[H7453]answered[H6030] and said[H559], This is nothing else save the sword[H2719] of Gideon[H1439] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101], a man[H376] of Israel[H3478]: for into his hand[H3027] hath God[H430]delivered[H5414]Midian[H4080], and all the host[H4264].
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And it was so, when Gideon[H1439]heard[H8085] the telling[H4557] of the dream[H2472], and the interpretation[H7667] thereof, that he worshipped[H7812], and returned[H7725] into the host[H4264] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559], Arise[H6965]; for the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] into your hand[H3027] the host[H4264] of Midian[H4080].
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And he divided[H2673] the three[H7969]hundred[H3967]men[H376] into three[H7969]companies[H7218], and he put[H5414] a trumpet[H7782] in every man's hand[H3027], with empty[H7386]pitchers[H3537], and lamps[H3940]within[H8432] the pitchers[H3537].
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And he said[H559] unto them, Look[H7200] on me, and do[H6213] likewise: and, behold, when I come[H935] to the outside[H7097] of the camp[H4264], it shall be that, as I do[H6213], so shall ye do[H6213].
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When I blow[H8628] with a trumpet[H7782], I and all that are with me, then blow[H8628] ye the trumpets[H7782] also on every side[H5439] of all the camp[H4264], and say[H559], The sword of the LORD[H3068], and of Gideon[H1439].
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So Gideon[H1439], and the hundred[H3967]men[H376] that were with him, came[H935] unto the outside[H7097] of the camp[H4264] in the beginning[H7218] of the middle[H8484]watch[H821]; and they had but[H389]newly[H6965]set[H6965] the watch[H8104]: and they blew[H8628] the trumpets[H7782], and brake[H5310] the pitchers[H3537] that were in their hands[H3027].
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And the three[H7969]companies[H7218]blew[H8628] the trumpets[H7782], and brake[H7665] the pitchers[H3537], and held[H2388] the lamps[H3940] in their left[H8040]hands[H3027], and the trumpets[H7782] in their right[H3225]hands[H3027] to blow[H8628] withal: and they cried[H7121], The sword[H2719] of the LORD[H3068], and of Gideon[H1439].
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And they stood[H5975] every man[H376] in his place round about[H5439] the camp[H4264]: and all the host[H4264]ran[H7323], and cried[H7321], and fled[H5127].
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And the three[H7969]hundred[H3967]blew[H8628] the trumpets[H7782], and the LORD[H3068]set[H7760] every man's sword[H2719] against his fellow[H7453], even throughout all the host[H4264]: and the host[H4264]fled[H5127] to Bethshittah[H1029] in Zererath[H6888], and to the border[H8193] of Abelmeholah[H65], unto Tabbath[H2888].
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And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] gathered themselves together[H6817] out of Naphtali[H5321], and out of Asher[H836], and out of all Manasseh[H4519], and pursued[H7291]after[H310] the Midianites[H4080].
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And Gideon[H1439]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] throughout all mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], saying[H559], Come down[H3381]against[H7125] the Midianites[H4080], and take[H3920] before them the waters[H4325] unto Bethbarah[H1012] and Jordan[H3383]. Then all the men[H376] of Ephraim[H669] gathered themselves together[H6817], and took[H3920] the waters[H4325] unto Bethbarah[H1012] and Jordan[H3383].
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And they took[H3920]two[H8147]princes[H8269] of the Midianites[H4080], Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb[H2062]; and they slew[H2026]Oreb[H6159] upon the rock[H6697]Oreb[H6159], and Zeeb[H2062] they slew[H2026] at the winepress[H3342] of Zeeb[H2062], and pursued[H7291]Midian[H4080], and brought[H935] the heads[H7218] of Oreb[H6159] and Zeeb[H2062] to Gideon[H1439] on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383].