15 ¶ When Gideon heard the dream told, and the interpretation of the same, he [a]worshipped, and returned unto the host of Israel, and said, Up: for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

16 And he divided the three hundred men into three bands, and gave every man a trumpet in his hand with empty pitchers, and [b]lamps [c]within the pitchers.

17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise, when I come to the side of the host: even as I do, so do you.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:15 Or, gave God thanks, as it is in the Chaldea text.
  2. Judges 7:16 Or, firebrands.
  3. Judges 7:16 These weak means God used to signify that the whole victory came of him.

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