Judges 7:8

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

He sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent. ["The rest" are neither in the Hebrew original nor in the Septuagint: kai ton andra Israeel exapesteilen, andra eis skeeneen autou].

The host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. Attention to the relative position of the parties is of the greatest importance to an understanding of what follows.