Judges 7:7-8

7:7 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.

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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).