Judges 7:3

וְעַתָּה קְרָא נָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִֽי ־ יָרֵא וְחָרֵד יָשֹׁב וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד וַיָּשָׁב מִן ־ הָעָם עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ גִּדְעוֹן רַב הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתָּךְ מִתִּתִּי אֶת ־ מִדְיָן בְּיָדָם פֶּן ־ יִתְפָּאֵר עָלַי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יָדִי הוֹשִׁיעָה לִּֽי ׃

4וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ גִּדְעוֹן עוֹד הָעָם רָב הוֹרֵד אוֹתָם אֶל ־ הַמַּיִם וְאֶצְרְפֶנּוּ לְךָ שָׁם וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ זֶה ׀ יֵלֵךְ אִתָּךְ הוּא יֵלֵךְ אִתָּךְ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר ־ אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ זֶה לֹא ־ יֵלֵךְ עִמָּךְ הוּא לֹא יֵלֵֽךְ ׃

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Matthew Henry on Judges 7:2-9

Gideon's Three Hundred Men. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears… Read the whole commentary →

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