Jueces 7:21

21 Y se estuvieron en sus lugares en derredor del campamento; y todo el campamento fue alborotado, y huyeron gritando

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 Llegó pues Gedeón, y los cien varones que llevaba consigo, al principio del campamento, al principio de la vela del medio, cuando solamente los guardias estaban despiertos; y tocaron los shofarot, y quebraron los cántaros que llevaban en sus manos

20 Y los tres escuadrones tocaron sus shofarot, y quebrando los cántaros tomaron en la mano izquierda las teas, y en la derecha los shofarot con que tocaban, y gritaron: –¡La espada de YO SOY El Talador! {Heb. YHWH-Gedeón

21 Y se estuvieron en sus lugares en derredor del campamento; y todo el campamento fue alborotado, y huyeron gritando

22 Mas los trescientos tocaban los shofarot; y el SEÑOR puso la espada de cada uno contra su compañero en todo el campamento. Y el ejército huyó hasta Bet-sita, hacia Zerera, y hasta el término de Abel-mehola en Tabat

23 Y juntándose los de Israel de Neftalí, y de Aser, y de todo Manasés, siguieron a los madianitas