Discovery BoxJudges 7:7-8 
Context7:7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army 1 and I will hand Midian over to you. 2 The rest of the men should go home.” 3 7:8 The men 4 who were chosen 5 took supplies 6 and their trumpets. Gideon 7 sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; 8 he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites 9 were camped down below 10 in the valley.
1 tn Heb “you.” The Hebrew pronoun is masculine plural, probably referring to the entire army.
2 tn The Hebrew pronoun here is singular.
3 tn Heb “All the people should go, each to his place.”
4 tn Heb “The people.”
5 tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “tents.”
9 tn Heb “Midian.”
10 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).
