14 And his friend replied, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has (A)handed over to him Midian and all the camp.”

15 When Gideon heard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. Then he returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the Lord has handed over to you the camp of Midian!” 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three [a]units, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:16 Lit heads

14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash,(A) the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped.(B) He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”(C) 16 Dividing the three hundred men(D) into three companies,(E) he placed trumpets(F) and empty jars(G) in the hands of all of them, with torches(H) inside.

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