<vn='1'>Then <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> is <sn="1439">Gideon</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, rose up <sn="7925">early</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="5921">beside</s> the <sn="5878">well</s> of <sn="5878">Harod</s>: so that the <sn="4264">host</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s><sn="1961">were</s> on the north <sn="4480 6828">side</s> of them, by the <sn="4480 1389">hill</s> of <sn="4176">Moreh</s>, in the <sn="6010">valley</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, The <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="854">with</s> thee are too <sn="7227">many</s> for me to <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> into their <sn="3027">hands</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> vaunt <sn="6286">themselves</s><sn="5921">against</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, Mine own <sn="3027">hand</s> hath <sn="3467">saved</s> me. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="6288">Now</s> therefore go <sn="4994">to</s>, <sn="7121">proclaim</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4310">Whosoever</s> is <sn="3373">fearful</s> and <sn="2730">afraid</s>, let him <sn="7725">return</s> and depart <sn="6852">early</s> from <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>. And there <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="505">thousand</s>; and there <sn="7604">remained</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, The <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="5750">yet</s> too <sn="7227">many</s>; bring them <sn="3381 *853">down</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4325">water</s>, and I will <sn="6884">try</s> them for thee <sn="8033">there</s>: and it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that of <sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="2088">This</s> shall <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">with</s> thee, the <sn="1931">same</s> shall <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">with</s> thee; and of <sn="3605 834">whomsoever</s> I <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="2088">This</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, the <sn="1931">same</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So he brought <sn="3381">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4325">water</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, Every <sn="3605">one</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3952">lappeth</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4325">water</s> with his <sn="3956">tongue</s>, <sn="834">as</s> a <sn="3611">dog</s><sn="3952">lappeth</s>, him shalt thou <sn="3322">set</s> by <sn="905">himself</s>; likewise every <sn="3605">one</s><sn="834">that</s> boweth <sn="3766">down</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="1290">knees</s> to <sn="8354">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="4557">number</s> of them that <sn="3952">lapped</s>, putting their <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="413">to</s> their <sn="6310">mouth</s>, <sn="1961">were</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>: but <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> bowed <sn="3766">down</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="1290">knees</s> to <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, By the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="3952">lapped</s> will I <sn="3467">save</s> you, and <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>: and let <sn="3605">all</s> the other <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1980">go</s> every <sn="376">man</s> unto his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>So the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6720">victuals</s> in their <sn="3027">hand</s>, and their <sn="7782">trumpets</s>: and he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="3605">all</s> the rest of <sn="3478">Israel</s> every <sn="376">man</s> unto his <sn="168">tent</s>, and <sn="2388">retained</s> those <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>: and the <sn="4264">host</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4480 8478">beneath</s> him in the <sn="6010">valley</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3915">night</s>, that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, get thee <sn="3381">down</s> unto the <sn="4264">host</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="5414">delivered</s> it into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But <sn="518">if</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="3372">fear</s> to go <sn="3381">down</s>, <sn="3381">go</s><sn="859">thou</s> with <sn="6513">Phurah</s> thy <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4264">host</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>And thou shalt <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="4100">what</s> they <sn="1696">say</s>; and <sn="310">afterward</s> shall thine <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="2388">strengthened</s> to go <sn="3381">down</s> unto the <sn="4264">host</s>. Then went he <sn="3381">down</s> with <sn="6513">Phurah</s> his <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="7097">outside</s> of the armed <sn="2571">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="4264">host</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> and the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="6924">east</s><sn="5307">lay</s> along in the <sn="6010">valley</s> like <sn="697">grasshoppers</s> for <sn="7230">multitude</s>; and their <sn="1581">camels</s> were <sn="369">without</s><sn="4557">number</s>, as the <sn="2344">sand</s><sn="7945 5921">by</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="8193">side</s> for <sn="7230">multitude</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And when <sn="1439">Gideon</s> was <sn="935">come</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there was a <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="5608">told</s> a <sn="2472">dream</s> unto his <sn="7453">fellow</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I <sn="2492">dreamed</s> a <sn="2472">dream</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, a <sn="6742">cake</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="2015">tumbled</s> into the <sn="4264">host</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">unto</s> a <sn="168">tent</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> it that it <sn="5307">fell</s>, and <sn="2015 4605">overturned</s> it, that the <sn="168">tent</s> lay <sn="5307">along</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And his <sn="7453">fellow</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2063">This</s> is nothing <sn="369">else</s><sn="1115 518">save</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> of <sn="1439">Gideon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s>, a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: for into his <sn="3027">hand</s> hath <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4080">Midian</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">host</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, when <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4557">telling</s> of the <sn="2472">dream</s>, and the <sn="7667">interpretation</s> thereof, that he <sn="7812">worshiped</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4264">host</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> into your <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4264">host</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="2673">divided</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> into <sn="7969">three</s><sn="7218">companies</s>, and he <sn="5414">put</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s> in every <sn="3605">man</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>, with <sn="7386">empty</s><sn="3537">pitchers</s>, and <sn="3940">lamps</s><sn="8432">within</s> the <sn="3537">pitchers</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="7200">Look</s><sn="4480">on</s> me, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3651">likewise</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, when <sn="595">I</s><sn="935">come</s> to the <sn="7097">outside</s> of the <sn="4264">camp</s>, it shall <sn="1961">be</s> that, <sn="834">as</s> I <sn="6213">do</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall ye <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>When I <sn="8628">blow</s> with a <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, <sn="595">I</s> and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="854">with</s> me, then <sn="8628">blow</s><sn="859">ye</s> the <sn="7782">trumpets</s><sn="1571">also</s> on every <sn="5439">side</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, The sword of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and of <sn="1439">Gideon</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>So <sn="1439">Gideon</s>, and the <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, <sn="935">came</s> unto the <sn="7097">outside</s> of the <sn="4264">camp</s> in the <sn="7218">beginning</s> of the <sn="8484">middle</s><sn="821">watch</s>; and they had <sn="389">but</s> newly <sn="6965 6965">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8104">watch</s>: and they <sn="8628">blew</s> the <sn="7782">trumpets</s>, and <sn="5310">broke</s> the <sn="3537">pitchers</s><sn="834">that</s> were in their <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="7218">companies</s><sn="8628">blew</s> the <sn="7782">trumpets</s>, and <sn="7665">broke</s> the <sn="3537">pitchers</s>, and <sn="2388">held</s> the <sn="3940">lamps</s> in their <sn="8040">left</s><sn="3027">hands</s>, and the <sn="7782">trumpets</s> in their <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3027">hands</s> to <sn="8628">blow</s> withal: and they <sn="7121">cried</s>, The <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and of <sn="1439">Gideon</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="5975">stood</s> every <sn="376">man</s> in his <sn="8478">place</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">host</s><sn="7323">ran</s>, and <sn="7321">cried</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="8628">blew</s> the <sn="7782">trumpets</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7760">set</s><sn="*853"></s> every <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="2719">sword</s> against his <sn="7453">fellow</s>, even throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4264">host</s>: and the <sn="4264">host</s><sn="5127">fled</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="1029">Beth</s> -shittah in <sn="6888">Zererath</s>, and <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="8193">border</s> of <sn="65">Abel</s> -meholah, <sn="5921">unto</s><sn="2888">Tabbath</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> gathered themselves <sn="6817">together</s> out of <sn="4480 5321">Naphtali</s>, and out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="836">Asher</s>, and out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>, and <sn="3920">take</s> before them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">waters</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1012">Beth</s> -barah and <sn="3383">Jordan</s>. Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s> gathered themselves <sn="6817">together</s>, and <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">waters</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1012">Beth</s> -barah and <sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And they <sn="3920">took</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="6159">Oreb</s> and <sn="2062">Zeeb</s>; and they <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6159">Oreb</s> upon the <sn="6697">rock</s><sn="6159">Oreb</s>, and <sn="2062">Zeeb</s> they <sn="2026">slew</s> at the <sn="3342">winepress</s> of <sn="2062">Zeeb</s>, and <sn="7291 413">pursued</s><sn="4080">Midian</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of <sn="6159">Oreb</s> and <sn="2062">Zeeb</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s> on the other <sn="4480 5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>