1	Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early# , and pitched# beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
			2	And the LORD said# unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give# the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt# themselves against me, saying# , Mine own hand hath saved# me.
			3	Now therefore go to, proclaim# in the ears of the people, saying# , Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return# and depart early# from mount Gilead. And there returned# of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained# ten thousand.
			4	And the LORD said# unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down# unto the water, and I will try# them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say# unto thee, This shall go# with thee, the same shall go# with thee; and of whomsoever I say# unto thee, This shall not go# with thee, the same shall not go# .
			5	So he brought down# the people unto the water: and the LORD said# unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth# of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth# , him shalt thou set# by himself; likewise every one that boweth down# upon his knees to drink# .
			6	And the number of them that lapped# , putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down# upon their knees to drink# water.
			7	And the LORD said# unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped# will I save# you, and deliver# the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go# every man unto his place.
			8	So the people took# victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent# all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained# those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
			9	And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said# unto him, Arise# , get thee down# unto the host; for I have delivered# it into thine hand.
			10	But if thou fear to go down# , go# thou with Phurah thy servant down# to the host:
			11	And thou shalt hear# what they say# ; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened# to go down# unto the host. Then went he down# with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. [armed men: or, ranks by five]
			12	And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay# along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
			13	And when Gideon was come# , behold, there was a man that told# a dream unto his fellow, and said# , Behold, I dreamed# a dream, and, lo, a cake# # of barley bread tumbled# into the host of Midian, and came# unto a tent, and smote# it that it fell# , and overturned# # it, that the tent lay along# .
			14	And 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.
			15	And 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. [interpretation: Heb. breaking]
			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. [a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them] [lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches]
			17	And 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# .
			18	When 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.
			19	So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came# unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly# set# the watch# : and they blew# the trumpets, and brake# the pitchers that were in their hands.
			20	And the three companies blew# the trumpets, and brake# the pitchers, and held# the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow# withal : and they cried# , The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
			21	And they stood# every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran# , and cried# , and fled# # # # .
			22	And the three hundred blew# the trumpets, and the LORD set# every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled# to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. [in: or, toward] [border: Heb. lip]
			23	And the men of Israel gathered themselves together# out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued# after the Midianites.
			24	And Gideon sent# messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying# , Come down# against# the Midianites, and take# before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together# , and took# the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
			25	And they took# two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew# Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew# at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued# Midian, and brought# the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.