Judges 7:16

He divided the three hundred men into three units. ¹  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ² 

Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.

He divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

He divided the three hundred men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.

He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He gave each man a trumpet and an empty jar, with a torch in the jar.

Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.

After he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them, and empty jars, with torches inside the jars,

Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.

He divided the three hundred men into three units. ¹  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ² 

¹ tn Heb “heads.”

² tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.