20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. (A)And they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 Every man stood in his place around the camp, (B)and all the army ran. They cried out and fled. 22 (C)When they blew the 300 trumpets, (D)the Lord set (E)every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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  1. Judges 7:22 Some Hebrew manuscripts Zeredah

20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches(A) in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword(B) for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.(C)

22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(D) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(E) with their swords.(F) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(G) near Tabbath.

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