Judges 7:6

וַיְהִי מִסְפַּר הַֽמֲלַקְקִים בְּיָדָם אֶל ־ פִּיהֶם שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וְכֹל יֶתֶר הָעָם כָּרְעוּ עַל ־ בִּרְכֵיהֶם לִשְׁתּוֹת מָֽיִם ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

In Context

5וַיּוֹרֶד אֶת ־ הָעָם אֶל ־ הַמָּיִם ס וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ גִּדְעוֹן כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ מִן ־ הַמַּיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יָלֹק הַכֶּלֶב תַּצִּיג אוֹתוֹ לְבָד וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר ־ יִכְרַע עַל ־ בִּרְכָּיו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת ׃

7וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ גִּדְעוֹן בִּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת ־ מִדְיָן בְּיָדֶךָ וְכָל ־ הָעָם יֵלְכוּ אִישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:2כָּֽל ־ דַּרְכֵי ־ אִישׁ זַךְ בְּעֵינָיו וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֹת יְהוָֽה ׃

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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