Jueces 7:21

21 Cada uno se mantuvo en su lugar alrededor del campamento; y todo el ejército echó a correr gritando mientras huían.

Jueces 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 7:21

And they stood every man in his place around the camp
To see the salvation of God, and that it might most clearly appear to be his own doing; and indeed, had they gone into it, they could have done nothing; they had no weapons in their hands, a trumpet in one hand, and a lamp in the other; though this their position served to increase the terror of the enemy, who might suppose that they stood either to light and introduce a large army at the back of them; or to light the forces already in the midst of them, while they destroyed them; which latter seems rather to be the thing their imaginations were possessed with, since they fell to slaying their fellows, supposing them to be enemies, as in the following verse:

and all the host ran, and cried, and fled;
or "were broken" ^F12; as some render the first word, their lines were broken; they could not put themselves in rank and file, but were thrown into the utmost confusion; and cried as being in the utmost danger of their lives, and fled for their safety as fast, as they could; see ( Isaiah 27:13 ) ( Hebrews 6:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Uwr) "confracta", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.

Jueces 7:21 In-Context

19 Y llegó Gedeón con los cien hombres que estaban con él a las afueras del campamento, al principio de la guardia de medianoche, cuando apenas habían apostado la guardia; tocaron las trompetas y rompieron los cántaros que tenían en las manos.

20 Cuando las tres compañías tocaron las trompetas, rompieron los cántaros, y sosteniendo las antorchas en la mano izquierda y las trompetas en la mano derecha para tocarlas, gritaron: ¡La espada del SEÑOR y de Gedeón!

21 Cada uno se mantuvo en su lugar alrededor del campamento; y todo el ejército echó a correr gritando mientras huían.

22 Cuando tocaron las trescientas trompetas, el SEÑOR puso la espada del uno contra el otro por todo el campamento; y el ejército huyó hasta Bet-sita, en dirección de Zerera, hasta la orilla de Abel-mehola, junto a Tabat.

23 Y los hombres de Israel se reunieron, de Neftalí, de Aser y de todo Manasés, y persiguieron a los madianitas.

Footnotes

• [a] O, campamento