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So the 300 men took the people'sprovisions and their trumpets into their hands. And Gideon sentall the other men of Israel, each to his tent, but retained the 300*men; and the camp of Midian was below* him in the valley.
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and you will hearwhat they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may godown against the camp." So he went with Purah his servantdown to the outposts of the army that was in the camp.
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Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were withoutnumber, as numerous as the sand on the seashore*.
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When Gideoncame, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, "Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barleybread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upsidedown so that the tentlayflat."
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His friendreplied, "This is nothingless*than* the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has givenMidian and all the camp into his hand."
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When Gideonheard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for the LORD has given the camp of Midian into your hands."
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So Gideon and the hundredmenwho were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middlewatch, when they had justposted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
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When the threecompaniesblew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their lefthands and the trumpets in their righthands for blowing, and cried, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
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When they blew300*trumpets, the LORDset the sword of one against another even throughout the wholearmy; and the armyfled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
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Gideonsentmessengersthroughoutall the hillcountry of Ephraim, saying, "ComedownagainstMidian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.
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They captured the twoleaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killedOreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killedZeeb at the winepress of Zeeb, while they pursuedMidian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.