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Verse Judges 7:5. _EVERY ONE THAT LAPPETH OF THE WATER - AS A DOG_]
The original word ילק _yalok_ is precisely the sound which a dog
makes when he is drinking....
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CHAPTER 7 THE VICTORY OF GIDEON
_ 1. The sifting of Gideon's army (Judges 7:1)_
2. The dream of the Midianite (Judges 7:9)
3. Victory through weakness (Judges 7:16)
Gideon “the cutter down,” now al...
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THE REDUCTION OF GIDEON'S ARMY. This section teaches that Yahweh is
the giver of victory, and that it is as easy for Him to save by few as
by many (1 Samuel 14:6). The spring of Harod (trembling, _cf....
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LAPPETH: i.e. without kneeling down as idolaters were accustomed to do
(1Ki 19:18. 2 Chronicles 29:9. See note on Esther 3:2.
AS. according as....
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Judges 7:1-8. _Gideon's army is reduced_
It seems to have been a fixed element in the tradition that 300 was
the number of Gideon's force (Judges 7:6; Judges 7:16;...
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At the end of the verse LXX. cod. A and Luc. adds -him shalt thou set
by himself," completing the parallel with the foregoing sentence. The
words have probably fallen out by accident....
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_Gideon's Men Reduced to Three Hundred Judges 7:1-14_
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...
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THE ROUT OF MIDIAN
1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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Probably an arbitrary test. It is as easy to find abstract reasons for
choosing those who stooped down as for rejecting them. The test in
Judges 12:6 is very different.
8-25. The Rout of Midian....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
V1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (Gideon) and his men camped at the
*spring called Harod. The army from Midian had their camp north from
them. It...
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EVERY ONE THAT LAPPETH OF THE WATER WITH HIS TONGUE. — Josephus
(_Antt. v._ 6, § 4) says that Gideon led them down to the spring in
the fiercest heat of the noonday, and that he judged those to be the...
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וַ יֹּ֥ורֶד אֶת ־הָ עָ֖ם אֶל ־הַ...
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"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY"
Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1
ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises
sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and
holier...
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QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY
Judges 7:1
“No king is saved by the multitude of an host,” Psalms 33:16. God
does not need multitudes. It is false to say that He is “on the side
of the heaviest battalions.”...
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This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in
the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when
they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience....
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The second invasion of the Midianites and their allies placed 135,000
troops in the land of Israel (Ruth 8:10). Yet, when God saw the number
of men who answered Gideon's call to arms, he said 32,000 m...
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So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; (c) likewise every on...
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Tongues. Some Latin copies add, "and hand," as it is expressed in
Hebrew, &c., in the following verse. They resembled dogs more in the
hurry than in the method of taking water. An old proverb says, "t...
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What a strange process, according to human ideas, was this of the
Lord's, for pointing out to Gideon the army by which the Lord would
conquer Midian. But Reader! turn your thoughts to a yet more
aston...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Thirty-two thousand men followed Gideon. But Jehovah will not have so
many. He alone must be glorified in their deliverance. Their faith was
indeed so weak, even while the Spirit of God was at work, t...
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SO HE BROUGHT THEM DOWN TO THE WATER,....] His whole army of 10,000
men:
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO GIDEON, EVERYONE THAT LAPPETH OF THE WATER WITH
HIS TONGUE, AS A DOG LAPPETH, HIM SHALL THOU SET BY HIM...
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So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one th...
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1 Gideons armie of two and thirtie thousand is brought to three
hundred.
9 He is encouraged by the dreame and interpretation of the barley
cake.
16 His stratageme of trumpets and lampes in pitchers....
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So he brought down the people unto the water; and the Lord said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, not
taking the time to kneel down, but quickly scooping up some water...
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The Army Reduced....
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ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD
(vv. 1-9)
Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of
the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared
to Midian, this ar...
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It is true, there may be natural reasons given why some did only lap
of the water, when others bowed down to drink; from the temperance, or
fortitude, or patience, or strength, or diligence of the one...
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Judges 7:5 brought H3381 (H8686) people H5971 water H4325 LORD H3068
said H559 (H8799) Gideon H1439 laps...
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‘So he brought down the people to the water, and Yahweh said to
Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps,
him you will set by himself. Likewise everyone who bows down on h...
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Judges 7:5
Among the ten thousand soldiers in Gideon's army there were three
hundred brave and wary men who, even under the pangs of thirst, could
not forget that they were in the presence of an enemy...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Gideon's three hundred and the victory over Midian and
Amalek.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Phurah, Oreb, Zeeb.
CONCLUSION: God wants prepared men to fight God's battles with God's
weapons in...
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Judges 7:1. _The well of Harod;_ equivalent to terror, from the panic
of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa.
Judges 7:2. _The people with thee are too many,_ while human fears
s...
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_Gideon _. .. _ pitched beside the wall of Harod._
GIDEON’S ARMY
I. The Lord called him to fight. The world must see, now and then, the
gigantic crimes of a mere man turned back by rival arms upon bo...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:4 EVERY ONE WHO LAPS... AS A DOG LAPS. The
second TEST for reducing Gideon’s forces took into account how men
drank water from a brook. Neither way of drinking is singled out a...
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_THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE_
I. THE DIMINUTION OF ITS NUMBERS
_Judges 7:1_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 7:1. THEN JERUBBAAL.] The name is given as
_the challenger of Baal_, the man who, for the h...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 7:1
JERUBBAAL. The mention of this name seems intended to keep before our
minds that it is emphatically the servant of the Lord who is going
forth to victory. THE WELL OF HAROD, _i....
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So in chapter seven,
[when] Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him,
rose up early, and they pitched beside the well of Harod (Judges 7:1):
Now the well of Harod is still there...
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Judges 7:5...
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GIDEON, A HERO OF THE FAITH
Judges 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Hebrews eleven classes Gideon with the heroes of the faith. This may
well have been done. We need to remember, however, that Gideon lived
i...
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THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON
Judges 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that
many things of value will be found in this remarkable chapter...