Judges 7:16

He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He handed them all trumpets, and empty jars with torches inside them.

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In The King James Version

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

In Context

15When Gideon heard the dream and what it meant, he bowed in thanks to God. He went back to the Israelite camp and announced, “On your feet! For the Lord has handed over the Midianite camp to you!”

17“Watch me and follow my example,” he told them. “So when I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly what I do.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in clay jars, to show that this supreme power comes from God and not from ourselves.

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:10-16

9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay… Read the whole commentary →

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