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Judges 7:16 KJV
Judges · chapter 7 · verse 16
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.Judges 7:16 · King James Version
Judges 7:16 in context
14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
18When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- companiesrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- pitcherskadproperly, a pailH3537 →
- dividedchâtsâhto cut or split in twoH2673 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- trumpetshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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Here is, I. The alarm which Gideon gave to the hosts of Midian in the dead time of the night; for it was intended that those who had so long been a terror to Israel, and had so often frightened them, should themselves be routed and ruined purely by terror. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22