Judges 7:21

And they held every ish his position round about the machaneh; and kol hamachaneh ran, and cried out, and fled.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

In Context

20And the three companies blew the shofar, and broke the jars, and held the torches in their left hands, and the shofarot in their right hands to blow withal; and they cried, A Cherev for Hashem and for Gid'on.

22And the three hundred blew the shofarot, and Hashem caused every manʼs cherev to be against his re'a, even throughout all the machaneh; and the machaneh fled to Beit-Sheetah in Tzererah, and to the border of Avel-Mecholah, by Tabat.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:13And Moshe said unto HaAm, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the Yeshu'at Hashem, which He will bring to you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more ad olam.

1 Kings 20:20And they struck down every ish his ish; and Aram (the Syrians) fled; and Yisroel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad Melech Aram escaped al-sus (on horse) and the parashim (cavalry).

2 Kings 7:7Therefore they arose and fled in the neshef (twilight), and left their ohalim, and their susim, and their chamorim, even the Machaneh just as it was, and fled for their nefesh.

2 Chronicles 20:17Ye shall not need to fight in this; take up your battle positions, stand ye firm, and see the Yeshu'at Hashem with you, O Yehudah and Yerushalayim. Fear not, nor be dismayed; makhar (tomorrow) go out against them, for Hashem will be with you.

Proverbs 28:1The rasha flee when none pursueth; 1 but the tzaddikim are bold as a lion. 1

Isaiah 30:15For thus saith 1 Adonoi Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; 1 In shuvah (returning) and rest shall ye be saved; 1 in quietness and in confidence shall be your gevurah (strength); 1 but ye would not. 1

Matthew Henry on Judges 7:17-23

The Midianites Surprised. ( b. c. 1249.) 16 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. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord , and of Gideon. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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