Judges 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but ¹  I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” ² 

Judges 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ³  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ⁴ 

Judges 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ⁵  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Or “certainly.”

² tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

³ tn Heb “each in his place.”

⁴ tn Or “fled.”

⁵ tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

⁶ tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.