Jueces 7:16

16 Y repartiendo los trescientos hombres en tres escuadrones, dio a cada uno de ellos trompetas en sus manos, y cántaros vacíos con teas ardiendo dentro de los cántaros.

Jueces 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies,
&c.] One hundred in a company, partly to make the better figure, a show of an army, with a right and left wing, and partly that they might fall upon the camp of Midian in different parts:

and he put a trumpet in every man's hand;
they that returned of the trumpeters having left their trumpets behind them, whereby there was a sufficient number for three hundred men; and these were put into their hands, that when they blew them together, the, noise would be very great; and it would seem as if they were an exceeding great army, and so very much terrify their enemies:

with empty pitchers, and lamps with the pitchers;
the pitchers were of earth, and so easily broken, and would make a great noise when clashed against each other; and these were empty of water, or otherwise would not have been fit to put lamps into, and the lamps put in them were not of oil; for then, when the pitchers were broken, the oil would have run out; but were a kind of torches, made of rosin, wax, pitch, and such like things; and these were put into the pitcher, partly to preserve them from the wind, and chiefly to conceal them from the enemy, till just they came upon them, and then held them out; which in a dark night would make a terrible blaze, as before they served to give them light down the hill into the camp.

Jueces 7:16 In-Context

14 Y su compañero respondió, y dijo: Esto no es otra cosa sino el cuchillo de Gedeón hijo de Joas, varón de Israel; Dios ha entregado en sus manos a los madianitas con todo el campamento.

15 Y cuando Gedeón oyó la historia del sueño y su interpretación, adoró; y vuelto al campamento de Israel, dijo: Levantaos, que el SEÑOR ha entregado el campamento de Madián en vuestras manos.

16 Y repartiendo los trescientos hombres en tres escuadrones, dio a cada uno de ellos trompetas en sus manos, y cántaros vacíos con teas ardiendo dentro de los cántaros.

17 Y les dijo: Miradme a mí, y haced como yo hiciere; he aquí que cuando yo llegare al principio del campamento, como yo hiciere, así haréis vosotros.

18 Yo tocaré la trompeta y todos los que estarán conmigo; y vosotros tocaréis entonces las trompetas alrededor de todo el campamento, y diréis: ¡El SEÑOR y Gedeón!