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And there returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there; and it shall be that he of whom I say to you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say to you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>So he brought down the people to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, All who lap of the water with their tongues, as a dog laps, you shall make them stand together; likewise all who kneel down upon their knees to drink, you shall make them stand together. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And the number of those that lapped, putting the hand to the mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down upon their knees to drink water. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hands; and let all the other people go, every man to his place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>So the people took their provisions in their hands and their trumpets; and he dismissed all the children of Israel every man to his possession and to his tent, and he relied upon those three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, go down to the camp, for I have delivered it into your hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>But if you fear to go down, go down with Pera your servant to the army camp; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And you shall hear what they say; and afterwards your hands shall be strengthened. So he went down with Pera his servant to a detachment of the armed men that were in the army camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the Rakimites lay along the valley like locusts in multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And when Gideon was come, behold, a man was relating a dream to his fellow, and he said to him, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came as far as a tent, and struck it on the top, and the tent fell down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, the mighty man of Israel; for into his hand has God delivered the camp of Midian.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Now when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshipped and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>And he said to them, Watch me and do as I do; and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, as I do, so shall you do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>When I blow a trumpet, I and all the people who are with me, then you blow with trumpets also on every side of the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>And the three companies blew their trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands; and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and they blew a trumpet, and fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>And when the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the army; and the whole army fled as far as Beth-shabtey and Zeddath, and as far as the border of Abel-meholah, which is by Jatbath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>And the men of Israel gathered themselves together from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters as far as Beth-barah, which is by the Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together and seized the waters as far as Beth-barah by the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/judges/7-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>And they captured two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at Tyre, and Zeeb they slew at Beth-kabrab; and they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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