Judges 7

KJV

1  Then Jerubbaal,³³⁷⁸ who¹⁹³¹ is Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ and all³⁶⁰⁵ the people⁵⁹⁷¹ that⁸³⁴ were with⁸⁵⁴ him, rose up early,⁷⁹²⁵ and pitched²⁵⁸³ beside⁵⁹²¹ the well⁵⁸⁷⁸ of Harod:⁵⁸⁷⁸ so that the host⁴²⁶⁴ of the Midianites⁴⁰⁸⁰ were¹⁹⁶¹ on the north side^{4480 6828} of them, by the hill^{4480 1389} of Moreh,⁴¹⁷⁶ in the valley.⁶⁰¹⁰

2  And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ The people⁵⁹⁷¹ that⁸³⁴ are with⁸⁵⁴ thee are too many⁷²²⁷ for me to give^{5414 853} the Midianites⁴⁰⁸⁰ into their hands,³⁰²⁷ lest⁶⁴³⁵ Israel³⁴⁷⁸ vaunt themselves⁶²⁸⁶ against⁵⁹²¹ me, saying,⁵⁵⁹ Mine own hand³⁰²⁷ hath saved³⁴⁶⁷ me.

3  Now⁶²⁸⁸ therefore go to,⁴⁹⁹⁴ proclaim⁷¹²¹ in the ears²⁴¹ of the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Whosoever⁴³¹⁰ is fearful³³⁷³ and afraid,²⁷³⁰ let him return⁷⁷²⁵ and depart early⁶⁸⁵² from mount^{4480 2022} Gilead.¹⁵⁶⁸ And there returned⁷⁷²⁵ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ the people⁵⁹⁷¹ twenty⁶²⁴² and two⁸¹⁴⁷ thousand;⁵⁰⁵ and there remained⁷⁶⁰⁴ ten⁶²³⁵ thousand.⁵⁰⁵

4  And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ The people⁵⁹⁷¹ are yet⁵⁷⁵⁰ too many;⁷²²⁷ bring them down^{3381 853} unto⁴¹³ the water,⁴³²⁵ and I will try⁶⁸⁸⁴ them for thee there:⁸⁰³³ and it shall be,¹⁹⁶¹ that of whom⁸³⁴ I say⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ thee, This²⁰⁸⁸ shall go¹⁹⁸⁰ with⁸⁵⁴ thee, the same¹⁹³¹ shall go¹⁹⁸⁰ with⁸⁵⁴ thee; and of whomsoever^{3605 834} I say⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ thee, This²⁰⁸⁸ shall not³⁸⁰⁸ go¹⁹⁸⁰ with⁵⁹⁷³ thee, the same¹⁹³¹ shall not³⁸⁰⁸ go.¹⁹⁸⁰

5  So he brought down^{3381 853} the people⁵⁹⁷¹ unto⁴¹³ the water:⁴³²⁵ and the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ Every one³⁶⁰⁵ that⁸³⁴ lappeth³⁹⁵² of⁴⁴⁸⁰ the water⁴³²⁵ with his tongue,³⁹⁵⁶ as⁸³⁴ a dog³⁶¹¹ lappeth,³⁹⁵² him shalt thou set³³²² by himself;⁹⁰⁵ likewise every one³⁶⁰⁵ that⁸³⁴ boweth down³⁷⁶⁶ upon⁵⁹²¹ his knees¹²⁹⁰ to drink.⁸³⁵⁴

6  And the number⁴⁵⁵⁷ of them that lapped,³⁹⁵² putting their hand³⁰²⁷ to⁴¹³ their mouth,⁶³¹⁰ were¹⁹⁶¹ three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men:³⁷⁶ but all³⁶⁰⁵ the rest³⁴⁹⁹ of the people⁵⁹⁷¹ bowed down³⁷⁶⁶ upon⁵⁹²¹ their knees¹²⁹⁰ to drink⁸³⁵⁴ water.⁴³²⁵

7  And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ By the three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men³⁷⁶ that lapped³⁹⁵² will I save³⁴⁶⁷ you, and deliver^{5414 853} the Midianites⁴⁰⁸⁰ into thine hand:³⁰²⁷ and let all³⁶⁰⁵ the other people⁵⁹⁷¹ go¹⁹⁸⁰ every man³⁷⁶ unto his place.⁴⁷²⁵

8  So the people⁵⁹⁷¹ took^{3947 853} victuals⁶⁷²⁰ in their hand,³⁰²⁷ and their trumpets:⁷⁷⁸² and he sent⁷⁹⁷¹ all³⁶⁰⁵ the rest of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ every man³⁷⁶ unto his tent,¹⁶⁸ and retained²³⁸⁸ those three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men:³⁷⁶ and the host⁴²⁶⁴ of Midian⁴⁰⁸⁰ was¹⁹⁶¹ beneath^{4480 8478} him in the valley.⁶⁰¹⁰

9  And it came to pass¹⁹⁶¹ the same¹⁹³¹ night,³⁹¹⁵ that the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ him, Arise,⁶⁹⁶⁵ get thee down³³⁸¹ unto the host;⁴²⁶⁴ for³⁵⁸⁸ I have delivered⁵⁴¹⁴ it into thine hand.³⁰²⁷

10  But if⁵¹⁸ thou⁸⁵⁹ fear³³⁷² to go down,³³⁸¹ go³³⁸¹ thou⁸⁵⁹ with Phurah⁶⁵¹³ thy servant⁵²⁸⁸ down³³⁸¹ to⁴¹³ the host:⁴²⁶⁴

11  And thou shalt hear⁸⁰⁸⁵ what⁴¹⁰⁰ they say;¹⁶⁹⁶ and afterward³¹⁰ shall thine hands³⁰²⁷ be strengthened²³⁸⁸ to go down³³⁸¹ unto the host.⁴²⁶⁴ Then went he down³³⁸¹ with Phurah⁶⁵¹³ his servant⁵²⁸⁸ unto⁴¹³ the outside⁷⁰⁹⁷ of the armed men²⁵⁷¹ that⁸³⁴ were in the host.⁴²⁶⁴

12  And the Midianites⁴⁰⁸⁰ and the Amalekites⁶⁰⁰³ and all³⁶⁰⁵ the children¹¹²¹ of the east⁶⁹²⁴ lay⁵³⁰⁷ along in the valley⁶⁰¹⁰ like grasshoppers⁶⁹⁷ for multitude;⁷²³⁰ and their camels¹⁵⁸¹ were without³⁶⁹ number,⁴⁵⁵⁷ as the sand²³⁴⁴ by^{7945 5921} the sea³²²⁰ side⁸¹⁹³ for multitude.⁷²³⁰

13  And when Gideon¹⁴³⁹ was come,⁹³⁵ behold,²⁰⁰⁹ there was a man³⁷⁶ that told⁵⁶⁰⁸ a dream²⁴⁷² unto his fellow,⁷⁴⁵³ and said,⁵⁵⁹ Behold,²⁰⁰⁹ I dreamed²⁴⁹² a dream,²⁴⁷² and, lo,²⁰⁰⁹ a cake⁶⁷⁴² of barley⁸¹⁸⁴ bread³⁸⁹⁹ tumbled²⁰¹⁵ into the host⁴²⁶⁴ of Midian,⁴⁰⁸⁰ and came⁹³⁵ unto⁵⁷⁰⁴ a tent,¹⁶⁸ and smote⁵²²¹ it that it fell,⁵³⁰⁷ and overturned^{2015 4605} it, that the tent¹⁶⁸ lay along.⁵³⁰⁷

14  And his fellow⁷⁴⁵³ answered⁶⁰³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹ This²⁰⁶³ is nothing else³⁶⁹ save^{1115 518} the sword²⁷¹⁹ of Gideon¹⁴³⁹ the son¹¹²¹ of Joash,³¹⁰¹ a man³⁷⁶ of Israel:³⁴⁷⁸ for into his hand³⁰²⁷ hath God⁴³⁰ delivered^{5414 853} Midian,⁴⁰⁸⁰ and all³⁶⁰⁵ the host.⁴²⁶⁴

15  And it was¹⁹⁶¹ so, when Gideon¹⁴³⁹ heard^{8085 853} the telling⁴⁵⁵⁷ of the dream,²⁴⁷² and the interpretation⁷⁶⁶⁷ thereof, that he worshiped,⁷⁸¹² and returned⁷⁷²⁵ into⁴¹³ the host⁴²⁶⁴ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and said,⁵⁵⁹ Arise;⁶⁹⁶⁵ for³⁵⁸⁸ the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ hath delivered⁵⁴¹⁴ into your hand^{3027 853} the host⁴²⁶⁴ of Midian.⁴⁰⁸⁰

16  And he divided^{2673 853} the three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men³⁷⁶ into three⁷⁹⁶⁹ companies,⁷²¹⁸ and he put⁵⁴¹⁴ a trumpet⁷⁷⁸² in every man's³⁶⁰⁵ hand,³⁰²⁷ with empty⁷³⁸⁶ pitchers,³⁵³⁷ and lamps³⁹⁴⁰ within⁸⁴³² the pitchers.³⁵³⁷

17  And he said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ them, Look⁷²⁰⁰ on⁴⁴⁸⁰ me, and do⁶²¹³ likewise:³⁶⁵¹ and, behold,²⁰⁰⁹ when I⁵⁹⁵ come⁹³⁵ to the outside⁷⁰⁹⁷ of the camp,⁴²⁶⁴ it shall be¹⁹⁶¹ that, as⁸³⁴ I do,⁶²¹³ so³⁶⁵¹ shall ye do.⁶²¹³

18  When I blow⁸⁶²⁸ with a trumpet,⁷⁷⁸² I⁵⁹⁵ and all³⁶⁰⁵ that⁸³⁴ are with⁸⁵⁴ me, then blow⁸⁶²⁸ ye⁸⁵⁹ the trumpets⁷⁷⁸² also¹⁵⁷¹ on every side⁵⁴³⁹ of all³⁶⁰⁵ the camp,⁴²⁶⁴ and say,⁵⁵⁹ The sword of the LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ and of Gideon.¹⁴³⁹

19  So Gideon,¹⁴³⁹ and the hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men³⁷⁶ that⁸³⁴ were with⁸⁵⁴ him, came⁹³⁵ unto the outside⁷⁰⁹⁷ of the camp⁴²⁶⁴ in the beginning⁷²¹⁸ of the middle⁸⁴⁸⁴ watch;⁸²¹ and they had but³⁸⁹ newly set^{6965 6965 853} the watch:⁸¹⁰⁴ and they blew⁸⁶²⁸ the trumpets,⁷⁷⁸² and broke⁵³¹⁰ the pitchers³⁵³⁷ that⁸³⁴ were in their hands.³⁰²⁷

20  And the three⁷⁹⁶⁹ companies⁷²¹⁸ blew⁸⁶²⁸ the trumpets,⁷⁷⁸² and broke⁷⁶⁶⁵ the pitchers,³⁵³⁷ and held²³⁸⁸ the lamps³⁹⁴⁰ in their left⁸⁰⁴⁰ hands,³⁰²⁷ and the trumpets⁷⁷⁸² in their right³²²⁵ hands³⁰²⁷ to blow⁸⁶²⁸ withal: and they cried,⁷¹²¹ The sword²⁷¹⁹ of the LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ and of Gideon.¹⁴³⁹

21  And they stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ every man³⁷⁶ in his place⁸⁴⁷⁸ round about⁵⁴³⁹ the camp:⁴²⁶⁴ and all³⁶⁰⁵ the host⁴²⁶⁴ ran,⁷³²³ and cried,⁷³²¹ and fled.⁵¹²⁷

22  And the three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ blew⁸⁶²⁸ the trumpets,⁷⁷⁸² and the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ set^{7760 853} every man's³⁷⁶ sword²⁷¹⁹ against his fellow,⁷⁴⁵³ even throughout all³⁶⁰⁵ the host:⁴²⁶⁴ and the host⁴²⁶⁴ fled⁵¹²⁷ to⁵⁷⁰⁴ Beth-shittah¹⁰²⁹ in Zererath,⁶⁸⁸⁸ and to⁵⁷⁰⁴ the border⁸¹⁹³ of Abel-meholah,⁶⁵ unto⁵⁹²¹ Tabbath.²⁸⁸⁸

23  And the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ gathered themselves together⁶⁸¹⁷ out of Naphtali,^{4480 5321} and out of⁴⁴⁸⁰ Asher,⁸³⁶ and out of⁴⁴⁸⁰ all³⁶⁰⁵ Manasseh,⁴⁵¹⁹ and pursued⁷²⁹¹ after³¹⁰ the Midianites.⁴⁰⁸⁰

24  And Gideon¹⁴³⁹ sent⁷⁹⁷¹ messengers⁴³⁹⁷ throughout all³⁶⁰⁵ mount²⁰²² Ephraim,⁶⁶⁹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Come down³³⁸¹ against⁷¹²⁵ the Midianites,⁴⁰⁸⁰ and take³⁹²⁰ before them ⁸⁵³ the waters⁴³²⁵ unto⁵⁷⁰⁴ Beth-barah¹⁰¹² and Jordan.³³⁸³ Then all³⁶⁰⁵ the men³⁷⁶ of Ephraim⁶⁶⁹ gathered themselves together,⁶⁸¹⁷ and took^{3920 853} the waters⁴³²⁵ unto⁵⁷⁰⁴ Beth-barah¹⁰¹² and Jordan.³³⁸³

25  And they took³⁹²⁰ two⁸¹⁴⁷ princes⁸²⁶⁹ of the Midianites,^{4080 853} Oreb⁶¹⁵⁹ and Zeeb;²⁰⁶² and they slew^{2026 853} Oreb⁶¹⁵⁹ upon the rock⁶⁶⁹⁷ Oreb,⁶¹⁵⁹ and Zeeb²⁰⁶² they slew²⁰²⁶ at the winepress³³⁴² of Zeeb,²⁰⁶² and pursued^{7291 413} Midian,⁴⁰⁸⁰ and brought⁹³⁵ the heads⁷²¹⁸ of Oreb⁶¹⁵⁹ and Zeeb²⁰⁶² to⁴¹³ Gideon¹⁴³⁹ on the other side^{4480 5676} Jordan.³³⁸³

Sep

1 καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ιαρβαλ αὐτός ἐστιν Γεδεων καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ πηγὴν Αραδ καὶ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιαμ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ ἀπὸ Γαβααθ Αμωρα ἐν κοιλάδι

2 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων πολὺς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ σοῦ ὥστε μὴ παραδοῦναί με τὴν Μαδιαμ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν μήποτε καυχήσηται Ισραηλ ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ λέγων ἡ χείρ μου ἔσωσέν με

3 καὶ νῦν λάλησον δὴ ἐν ὠσὶν τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων τίς ὁ φοβούμενος καὶ δειλός ἐπιστρεφέτω καὶ ἐκχωρείτω ἀπὸ ὄρους Γαλααδ καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο χιλιάδες καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες ὑπελείφθησαν

4 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων ἔτι ὁ λαὸς πολύς κατένεγκον αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἐκκαθαρῶ σοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ καὶ ἔσται ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω πρὸς σέ οὗτος πορεύσεται σὺν σοί αὐτὸς πορεύσεται σὺν σοί καὶ πᾶν ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω πρὸς σέ οὗτος οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ αὐτὸς οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ

5 καὶ κατήνεγκεν τὸν λαὸν πρὸς τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων πᾶς ὃς ἂν λάψῃ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος ὡς ἐὰν λάψῃ ὁ κύων στήσεις αὐτὸν κατὰ μόνας καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἐὰν κλίνῃ ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ πιεῖν

6 καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν λαψάντων ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν τριακόσιοι ἄνδρες καὶ πᾶν τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἔκλιναν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτῶν πιεῖν ὕδωρ

7 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων ἐν τοῖς τριακοσίοις ἀνδράσιν τοῖς λάψασιν σώσω ὑμᾶς καὶ δώσω τὴν Μαδιαμ ἐν χειρί σου καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πορεύσονται ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ

8 καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν ἐπισιτισμὸν τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς κερατίνας αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν πάντα ἄνδρα Ισραηλ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἄνδρα εἰς σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας κατίσχυσεν καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιαμ ἦσαν αὐτοῦ ὑποκάτω ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι

9 καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν κύριος ἀναστὰς κατάβηθι ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ὅτι παρέδωκα αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου

10 καὶ εἰ φοβῇ σὺ καταβῆναι κατάβηθι σὺ καὶ Φαρα τὸ παιδάριόν σου εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν

11 καὶ ἀκούσῃ τί λαλήσουσιν καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἰσχύσουσιν αἱ χεῖρές σου καὶ καταβήσῃ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ κατέβη αὐτὸς καὶ Φαρα τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἀρχὴν τῶν πεντήκοντα οἳ ἦσαν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ

12 καὶ Μαδιαμ καὶ Αμαληκ καὶ πάντες υἱοὶ ἀνατολῶν βεβλημένοι ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι ὡσεὶ ἀκρὶς εἰς πλῆθος καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις αὐτῶν οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμός ἀλλὰ ἦσαν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ χείλους τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος

13 καὶ ἦλθεν Γεδεων καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐξηγούμενος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐνύπνιον καὶ εἶπεν ἐνύπνιον ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην καὶ ἰδοὺ μαγὶς ἄρτου κριθίνου στρεφομένη ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ Μαδιαμ καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτήν καὶ ἔπεσεν καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν αὐτὴν ἄνω καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ σκηνή

14 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη εἰ μὴ ῥομφαία Γεδεων υἱοῦ Ιωας ἀνδρὸς Ισραηλ παρέδωκεν ὁ θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν Μαδιαμ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολήν

15 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν Γεδεων τὴν ἐξήγησιν τοῦ ἐνυπνίου καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησεν κυρίῳ καὶ ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Ισραηλ καὶ εἶπεν ἀνάστητε ὅτι παρέδωκεν κύριος ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν τὴν παρεμβολὴν Μαδιαμ

16 καὶ διεῖλεν τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας εἰς τρεῖς ἀρχὰς καὶ ἔδωκεν κερατίνας ἐν χειρὶ πάντων καὶ ὑδρίας κενὰς καὶ λαμπάδας ἐν ταῖς ὑδρίαις

17 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὄψεσθε καὶ οὕτως ποιήσετε καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ εἰσπορεύομαι ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἔσται καθὼς ἂν ποιήσω οὕτως ποιήσετε

18 καὶ σαλπιῶ ἐν τῇ κερατίνῃ ἐγώ καὶ πάντες μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ σαλπιεῖτε ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις κύκλῳ ὅλης τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἐρεῖτε τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων

19 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Γεδεων καὶ οἱ ἑκατὸν ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς φυλακῆς μέσης καὶ ἐγείροντες ἤγειραν τοὺς φυλάσσοντας καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις καὶ ἐξετίναξαν τὰς ὑδρίας τὰς ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν

20 καὶ ἐσάλπισαν αἱ τρεῖς ἀρχαὶ ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις καὶ συνέτριψαν τὰς ὑδρίας καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἐν χερσὶν ἀριστεραῖς αὐτῶν τὰς λαμπάδας καὶ ἐν χερσὶν δεξιαῖς αὐτῶν τὰς κερατίνας τοῦ σαλπίζειν καὶ ἀνέκραξαν ῥομφαία τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων

21 καὶ ἔστησαν ἀνὴρ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῷ κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἔδραμεν πᾶσα ἡ παρεμβολὴ καὶ ἐσήμαναν καὶ ἔφυγαν

22 καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ἐν ταῖς τριακοσίαις κερατίναις καὶ ἔθηκεν κύριος τὴν ῥομφαίαν ἀνδρὸς ἐν τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ ἔφυγεν ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἕως Βηθσεεδτα Γαραγαθα ἕως χείλους Αβωμεουλα ἐπὶ Ταβαθ

23 καὶ ἐβόησαν ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ ἀπὸ Νεφθαλι καὶ ἀπὸ Ασηρ καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς Μανασση καὶ ἐδίωξαν ὀπίσω Μαδιαμ

24 καὶ ἀγγέλους ἀπέστειλεν Γεδεων ἐν παντὶ ὄρει Εφραιμ λέγων κατάβητε εἰς συνάντησιν Μαδιαμ καὶ καταλάβετε ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρα καὶ τὸν Ιορδάνην καὶ ἐβόησεν πᾶς ἀνὴρ Εφραιμ καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρα καὶ τὸν Ιορδάνην

25 καὶ συνέλαβον τοὺς ἄρχοντας Μαδιαμ καὶ τὸν Ωρηβ καὶ τὸν Ζηβ καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τὸν Ωρηβ ἐν Σουρ καὶ τὸν Ζηβ ἀπέκτειναν ἐν Ιακεφζηφ καὶ κατεδίωξαν Μαδιαμ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ωρηβ καὶ Ζηβ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς Γεδεων ἀπὸ πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου

Sep

1 καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ιεροβααλ αὐτός ἐστιν Γεδεων καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Αρωεδ καὶ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιαμ καὶ Αμαληκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ βουνοῦ τοῦ Αβωρ ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι

2 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων πολὺς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ σοῦ ὥστε μὴ παραδοῦναί με τὴν Μαδιαμ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτῶν μήποτε καυχήσηται Ισραηλ ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ λέγων ἡ χείρ μου ἔσωσέν με

3 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν λάλησον δὴ εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων τίς δειλὸς καὶ φοβούμενος ἀποστραφήτω καὶ ἐξώρμησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Γαλααδ καὶ ἀπεστράφησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο χιλιάδες καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες ὑπελείφθησαν

4 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων ἔτι ὁ λαὸς πολύς κατάγαγε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ δοκιμῶ αὐτούς σοι ἐκεῖ καὶ ἔσται ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω πρὸς σέ οὗτος πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ αὐτὸς πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω σοι ὅτι οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ αὐτὸς οὐ πορεύσεται μετὰ σοῦ

5 καὶ κατεβίβασεν τὸν λαὸν εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων πᾶς ὃς ἂν λάψῃ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος ὡς ἐὰν λάψῃ ὁ κύων στήσεις αὐτὸν κατὰ μόνας καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἂν κάμψῃ ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ τοῦ πιεῖν μεταστήσεις αὐτὸν καθ᾽ αὑτόν

6 καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶς ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν λαψάντων ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν τριακόσιοι ἄνδρες καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἐπίλοιπος τοῦ λαοῦ ἔκαμψαν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτῶν τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ

7 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Γεδεων ἐν τοῖς τριακοσίοις ἀνδράσιν τοῖς λάψασιν σώσω ὑμᾶς καὶ παραδώσω τὴν Μαδιαμ ἐν χειρί σου καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀποτρεχέτω ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ

8 καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν ἐπισιτισμὸν τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς κερατίνας αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα ἄνδρα Ισραηλ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἄνδρα εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ τῶν δὲ τριακοσίων ἀνδρῶν ἐκράτησεν ἡ δὲ παρεμβολὴ Μαδιαμ ἦν ὑποκάτωθεν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι

9 καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν κύριος ἀνάστα κατάβηθι τὸ τάχος ἐντεῦθεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν ὅτι παρέδωκα αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου

10 εἰ δὲ φοβῇ σὺ καταβῆναι κατάβηθι σὺ καὶ Φαρα τὸ παιδάριόν σου εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν

11 καὶ ἀκούσῃ τί λαλοῦσιν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἰσχύσουσιν αἱ χεῖρές σου καὶ καταβήσῃ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ κατέβη αὐτὸς καὶ Φαρα τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ εἰς μέρος τῶν πεντήκοντα τῶν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ

12 καὶ Μαδιαμ καὶ Αμαληκ καὶ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ ἀνατολῶν παρεμβεβλήκεισαν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι ὡς ἀκρὶς εἰς πλῆθος καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις αὐτῶν οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμός ἀλλ᾽ ἦσαν ὥσπερ ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος

13 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Γεδεων καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐξηγεῖτο τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ εἶπεν ἰδοὺ τὸ ἐνύπνιον ὃ ἠνυπνιάσθην καὶ ἰδοὺ μαγὶς ἄρτου κριθίνου κυλιομένη ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ Μαδιαμ καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως τῆς σκηνῆς Μαδιαμ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν καὶ κατέστρεψεν αὐτήν καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ σκηνή

14 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ῥομφαία Γεδεων υἱοῦ Ιωας ἀνδρὸς Ισραηλ παρέδωκεν κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν Μαδιαμ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολήν

15 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν Γεδεων τὴν διήγησιν τοῦ ἐνυπνίου καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησεν κύριον καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Ισραηλ καὶ εἶπεν ἀνάστητε ὅτι παρέδωκεν κύριος ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν τὴν παρεμβολὴν Μαδιαμ

16 καὶ διεῖλεν τοὺς τριακοσίους ἄνδρας τρεῖς ἀρχὰς καὶ ἔδωκεν κερατίνας ἐν χειρὶ πάντων καὶ ὑδρίας κενὰς καὶ λαμπάδας ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ὑδριῶν

17 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὄψεσθε καὶ οὕτως ποιήσετε καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ εἰσπορεύομαι ἐν μέσῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἐὰν ποιήσω οὕτως ποιήσετε

18 καὶ σαλπιῶ τῇ κερατίνῃ ἐγὼ καὶ πάντες οἱ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ σαλπιεῖτε ταῖς κερατίναις καὶ ὑμεῖς κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἐρεῖτε τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων

19 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Γεδεων καὶ ἑκατὸν ἄνδρες μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν μέρει τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἀρχομένης τῆς φυλακῆς τῆς μεσούσης πλὴν ἐγέρσει ἤγειρεν τοὺς φυλάσσοντας καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖς κερατίναις καὶ ἐξετίναξαν τὰς ὑδρίας τὰς ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν

20 καὶ ἐσάλπισαν αἱ τρεῖς ἀρχαὶ ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις καὶ συνέτριψαν τὰς ὑδρίας καὶ ἐλάβοντο ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ αὐτῶν τῶν λαμπάδων καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτῶν αἱ κερατίναι τοῦ σαλπίζειν καὶ ἀνέκραξαν ῥομφαία τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων

21 καὶ ἔστησαν ἕκαστος καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἔδραμον πᾶσα ἡ παρεμβολὴ καὶ ἐσήμαναν καὶ ἔφυγον

22 καὶ ἐσάλπισαν αἱ τριακόσιαι κερατίναι καὶ ἔθετο κύριος μάχαιραν ἀνδρὸς ἐν τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ ἔφυγεν ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἕως τῆς Βαιθασεττα καὶ συνηγμένη ἕως χείλους Αβελμεουλα καὶ ἐπὶ Ταβαθ

23 καὶ ἐβόησεν ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ ἐκ Νεφθαλιμ καὶ ἐξ Ασηρ καὶ ἐκ παντὸς Μανασση καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω Μαδιαμ

24 καὶ ἀγγέλους ἐξαπέστειλεν Γεδεων ἐν παντὶ ὁρίῳ Εφραιμ λέγων κατάβητε εἰς συνάντησιν Μαδιαμ καὶ καταλάβετε ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθβηρα καὶ τὸν Ιορδάνην καὶ ἐβόησεν πᾶς ἀνὴρ Εφραιμ καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθβηρα καὶ τὸν Ιορδάνην

25 καὶ συνέλαβον τοὺς δύο ἄρχοντας Μαδιαμ τὸν Ωρηβ καὶ τὸν Ζηβ καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τὸν Ωρηβ ἐν Σουριν καὶ τὸν Ζηβ ἀπέκτειναν ἐν Ιακεφζηβ καὶ κατεδίωξαν Μαδιαμ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ωρηβ καὶ Ζηβ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς Γεδεων ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου

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‎1 ‏וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יְרֻבַּ֜עַל ה֣וּא גִדְע֗וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־עֵ֣ין חֲרֹ֑ד וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה מִדְיָן֙ הָיָה־ל֣וֹ מִצָּפ֔וֹן מִגִּבְעַ֥ת הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה בָּעֵֽמֶק׃

‎2 ‏וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־גִּדְע֔וֹן רַ֗ב הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדָ֑ם פֶּן־יִתְפָּאֵ֨ר עָלַ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יָדִ֖י הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה לִּֽי׃

‎3 ‏וְעַתָּ֗ה קְרָ֨א נָ֜א בְּאָזְנֵ֤י הָעָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מִֽי־יָרֵ֣א וְחָרֵ֔ד יָשֹׁ֥ב וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר מֵהַ֣ר הַגִּלְעָ֑ד וַיָּ֣שָׁב מִן־הָעָ֗ם עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ׃ ס

‎4 ‏וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן עוֹד֮ הָעָ֣ם רָב֒ הוֹרֵ֤ד אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה׀ יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא־יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ׃

‎5 ‏וַיּ֥וֹרֶד אֶת־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמָּ֑יִם סוַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יָלֹק֩ בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ מִן־הַמַּ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַכֶּ֗לֶב תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹתוֹ֙ לְבָ֔ד וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִכְרַ֥ע עַל־בִּרְכָּ֖יו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

‎6 ‏וַיְהִ֗י מִסְפַּ֞ר הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤ים בְּיָדָם֙ אֶל־פִּיהֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וְכֹל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם כָּרְע֥וּ עַל־בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת מָֽיִם׃ ס

‎7 ‏וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָאִ֤ישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃

‎8 ‏וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת־צֵדָה֩ הָעָ֨ם בְּיָדָ֜ם וְאֵ֣ת שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שִׁלַּח֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יו וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ הֶֽחֱזִ֑יק וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן הָ֥יָה ל֖וֹ מִתַּ֥חַת בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ פ

‎9 ‏וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה ק֖וּם רֵ֣ד בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כִּ֥י נְתַתִּ֖יו בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

‎10 ‏וְאִם־יָרֵ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לָרֶ֑דֶת רֵ֥ד אַתָּ֛ה וּפֻרָ֥ה נַעַרְךָ֖ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

‎11 ‏וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ מַה־יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ וְאַחַר֙ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יָדֶ֔יךָ וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֵּ֤רֶד הוּא֙ וּפֻרָ֣ה נַעֲר֔וֹ אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

‎12 ‏וּמִדְיָ֨ן וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק וְכָל־בְּנֵי־קֶ֙דֶם֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בָּעֵ֔מֶק כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה לָרֹ֑ב וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֔ר כַּח֛וֹל שֶׁעַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹֽב׃

‎13 ‏וַיָּבֹ֣א גִדְע֔וֹן וְהִ֨נֵּה־אִ֔ישׁ מְסַפֵּ֥ר לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ חֲל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֜אמֶר הִנֵּ֧ה חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֗מְתִּי וְהִנֵּ֨ה צלול צְלִ֜יל לֶ֤חֶם שְׂעֹרִים֙ מִתְהַפֵּךְ֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד־הָ֠אֹהֶל וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ וַיִּפֹּ֛ל וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ לְמַ֖עְלָה וְנָפַ֥ל הָאֹֽהֶל׃

‎14 ‏וַיַּ֨עַן רֵעֵ֤הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ין זֹ֔את בִּלְתִּ֗י אִם־חֶ֛רֶב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נָתַ֤ן הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן וְאֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ פ

‎15 ‏וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ גִּדְע֜וֹן אֶת־מִסְפַּ֧ר הַחֲל֛וֹם וְאֶת־שִׁבְר֖וֹ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ק֔וּמוּ כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ם אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִדְיָֽן׃

‎16 ‏וַיַּ֛חַץ אֶת־שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת בְּיַד־כֻּלָּם֙ וְכַדִּ֣ים רֵקִ֔ים וְלַפִּדִ֖ים בְּת֥וֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים׃

‎17 ‏וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִמֶּ֥נִּי תִרְא֖וּ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֥י בָא֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה כַאֲשֶׁר־אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כֵּ֥ן תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃

‎18 ‏וְתָקַעְתִּי֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר אָנֹכִ֖י וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתִּ֑י וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨ם בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹת גַּם־אַתֶּ֗ם סְבִיבוֹת֙ כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַיהוָ֥ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פ

‎19 ‏וַיָּבֹ֣א גִ֠דְעוֹן וּמֵאָה־אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֜וֹ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה רֹ֚אשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַתִּֽיכוֹנָ֔ה אַ֛ךְ הָקֵ֥ם הֵקִ֖ימוּ אֶת־הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת וְנָפ֥וֹץ הַכַּדִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּיָדָֽם׃

‎20 ‏וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָרָאשִׁ֥ים בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮ וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּ הַכַּדִּים֒ וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ בְיַד־שְׂמאוֹלָם֙¹ בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים וּבְיַ֨ד־יְמִינָ֔ם הַשּׁוֹפָר֖וֹת לִתְק֑וֹעַ וַֽיִּקְרְא֔וּ חֶ֥רֶב לַֽיהוָ֖ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃

‎21 ‏וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֔יו סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֧רָץ כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ ויניסו וַיָּנֽוּסוּ׃

‎22 ‏וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒ וַיָּ֣שֶׂם יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣ת חֶ֥רֶב אִ֛ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ וּבְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֨נָס הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה עַד־בֵּ֤ית הַשִּׁטָּה֙ צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה עַ֛ד שְׂפַת־אָבֵ֥ל מְחוֹלָ֖ה עַל־טַבָּֽת׃

‎23 ‏וַיִּצָּעֵ֧ק אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מִנַּפְתָּלִ֥י וּמִן־אָשֵׁ֖ר וּמִן־כָּל־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן׃

‎24 ‏וּמַלְאָכִ֡ים שָׁלַ֣ח גִּדְעוֹן֩ בְּכָל־הַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם לֵאמֹ֗ר רְד֞וּ לִקְרַ֤את מִדְיָן֙ וְלִכְד֤וּ לָהֶם֙ אֶת־הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ אֶת־הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

‎25 ‏וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ שְׁנֵֽי־שָׂרֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן אֶת־עֹרֵ֣ב וְאֶת־זְאֵ֗ב וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ אֶת־עוֹרֵ֤ב בְּצוּר־עוֹרֵב֙ וְאֶת־זְאֵב֙ הָרְג֣וּ בְיֶֽקֶב־זְאֵ֔ב וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אֶל־מִדְיָ֑ן וְרֹאשׁ־עֹרֵ֣ב וּזְאֵ֔ב הֵבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶל־גִּדְע֔וֹן מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

Vul

1 Igitur Jerobaal qui et Gedeon, de nocte consurgens, et omnis populus cum eo, venit ad fontem qui vocatur Harad. Erant autem castra Madian in valle ad septentrionalem plagam collis excelsi.

2 Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: Multus tecum est populus, nec tradetur Madian in manus ejus: ne glorietur contra me Israël, et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus sum.

3 Loquere ad populum, et cunctis audientibus prædica: Qui formidolosus et timidus est, revertatur. Recesseruntque de monte Galaad, et reversi sunt de populo viginti duo millia virorum, et tantum decem millia remanserunt.

4 Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: Adhuc populus multus est: duc eos ad aquas et ibi probabo illos: et de quo dixero tibi ut tecum vadat, ipse pergat; quem ire prohibuero, revertatur.

5 Cumque descendisset populus ad aquas, dixit Dominus ad Gedeon: Qui lingua lambuerint aquas, sicut solent canes lambere, separabis eos seorsum: qui autem curvatis genibus biberint, in altera parte erunt.

6 Fuit itaque numerus eorum qui manu ad os projiciente lambuerunt aquas, trecenti viri: omnis autem reliqua multitudo flexo poplite biberat.

7 Et ait Dominus ad Gedeon: In trecentis viris qui lambuerunt aquas, liberabo vos, et tradam in manu tua Madian: omnis autem reliqua multitudo revertatur in locum suum.

8 Sumptis itaque pro numero cibariis et tubis, omnem reliquam multitudinem abire præcepit ad tabernacula sua: et ipse cum trecentis viris se certamini dedit. Castra autem Madian erant subter in valle.

9 Eadem nocte dixit Dominus ad eum: Surge, et descende in castra: quia tradidi eos in manu tua.

10 Sin autem solus ire formidas, descendat tecum Phara puer tuus.

11 Et cum audieris quid loquantur, tunc confortabuntur manus tuæ, et securior ad hostium castra descendes. Descendit ergo ipse et Phara puer ejus in partem castrorum, ubi erant armatorum vigiliæ.

12 Madian autem et Amalec, et omnes orientales populi, fusi jacebant in valle, ut locustarum multitudo: cameli quoque innumerabiles erant, sicut arena quæ jacet in littore maris.

13 Cumque venisset Gedeon, narrabat aliquis somnium proximo suo: et in hunc modum referebat quod viderat: Vidi somnium, et videbatur mihi quasi subcinericius panis ex hordeo volvi, et in castra Madian descendere: cumque pervenisset ad tabernaculum, percussit illud, atque subvertit, et terræ funditus coæquavit.

14 Respondit is, cui loquebatur: Non est hoc aliud, nisi gladius Gedeonis filii Joas viri Israëlitæ: tradidit enim Dominus in manus ejus Madian, et omnia castra ejus.

15 Cumque audisset Gedeon somnium, et interpretationem ejus, adoravit: et reversus est ad castra Israël, et ait: Surgite, tradidit enim Dominus in manus nostras castra Madian.

16 Divisitque trecentos viros in tres partes, et dedit tubas in manibus eorum, lagenasque vacuas, ac lampades in medio lagenarum.

17 Et dixit ad eos: Quod me facere videritis, hoc facite: ingrediar partem castrorum, et quod fecero, sectamini.

18 Quando personuerit tuba in manu mea, vos quoque per castrorum circuitum clangite, et conclamate: Domino et Gedeoni.

19 Ingressusque est Gedeon, et trecenti viri qui erant cum eo, in partem castrorum, incipientibus vigiliis noctis mediæ: et custodibus suscitatis, cœperunt buccinis clangere, et complodere inter se lagenas.

20 Cumque per gyrum castrorum in tribus personarent locis, et hydrias confregissent, tenuerunt sinistris manibus lampades, et dextris sonantes tubas, clamaveruntque: Gladius Domini et Gedeonis:

21 stantes singuli in loco suo per circuitum castrorum hostilium. Omnia itaque castra turbata sunt, et vociferantes ululantesque fugerunt:

22 et nihilominus insistebant trecenti viri buccinis personantes. Immisitque Dominus gladium omnibus castris, et mutua se cæde truncabant,

23 fugientes usque ad Bethsetta, et crepidinem Abelmehula in Tebbath. Conclamantes autem viri Israël de Nephthali, et Aser, et omni Manasse, persequebantur Madian.

24 Misitque Gedeon nuntios in omnem montem Ephraim, dicens: Descendite in occursum Madian, et occupate aquas usque Bethbera atque Jordanem. Clamavitque omnis Ephraim, et præoccupavit aquas atque Jordanem usque Bethbera.

25 Apprehensosque duos viros Madian, Oreb et Zeb, interfecit Oreb in petra Oreb, Zeb vero in torculari Zeb. Et persecuti sunt Madian, capita Oreb et Zeb portantes ad Gedeon trans fluenta Jordanis.