Judges 7:9

Gideon Spies on the Midianite Camp

9 That night the Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the camp, for I have given it into your hand.

Judges 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 7:9

And it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him,
&c.] The night after there had been so great a reduction of his army, from 32,000 to three hundred:

arise, get thee down unto the host, for I have delivered it into thine
hands;
that is, go down from the hill where he and his little army were, to the valley of Jezreel, where lay the numerous host of Midian; assuring him, that though the disproportion was so very great, the army of Midian should be delivered into his hands; and it was enough that the Lord had said it, for him to believe it; but in such circumstances that he was, it is no wonder that he had his fears and misgivings of heart, wherefore it follows;

Judges 7:9 In-Context

7 The Lord said to Gideon, "I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home."

8 So Gideon sent all the Israelites to their tents, but kept the 300 who took the people's provisions and their trumpets. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

9 That night the Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the camp, for I have given it into your hand.

10 But if you are afraid to go to the camp, go with Purah your servant.

11 Listen to what they say, and then you will be strengthened to go to the camp." So he went with Purah his servant to the outpost of the troops who were in the camp.