7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp 1 at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. 2 7:20 All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. 3 Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
1 tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”
2 tn Heb “that were in their hands.”
3 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”