Hakim-hakim 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ²  The Midianites ³  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 7:15

Gideon Routs the Enemy

7:15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. ⁴  Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

Hakim-hakim 7:17-18

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ⁵  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do! 7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Hakim-hakim 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ⁶  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 19:15

19:15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night ⁸  in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 20:8

20:8 All Israel rose up in unison ¹⁰  and said, “Not one of us will go home! ¹¹  Not one of us will return ¹²  to his house!

Hakim-hakim 21:12

21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. ¹³  They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ² sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”

[7:17]  ⁵ tn Or “look.”

[7:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ⁷ tn Or “fled.”

[19:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “they turned aside there to enter to spend the night.”

[19:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.”

[20:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “as one man.”

[20:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to his tent.”

[20:8]  ¹² tn Or “turn aside.”

[21:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “who had not known a man with respect to the bed of a male.”