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Verse Judges 7:6. _THE NUMBER OF THEM THAT LAPPED_] From this account
it appears that some of the people went down on their knees, and
putting their mouths to the water, sucked up what they needed; th...
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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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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; Judges 7:19_,
Judges 8:4); but Jud...
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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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_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 T...
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THE ROUT OF MIDIAN
1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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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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THAT LAPPED, PUTTING THEIR HAND TO THEIR MOUTH. — Literally, _licked
with their hand to their mouth._
ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE — _i.e.,_ 9,700 men....
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וַ יְהִ֗י מִסְפַּ֞ר הַֽ מֲלַקְקִ֤ים
בְּ יָדָם֙ אֶל ־פִּיהֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שׁ
מֵאֹ֖ות אִ֑ישׁ וְ כֹל֙...
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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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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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AND THE NUMBER OF THEM THAT LAPPED, PUTTING THEIR HAND TO THEIR
MOUTH,.... That is, that took up water in the hollow of their hands,
which they lifted up to their mouths, and so lapped it, as the
Egyp...
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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.
Ver. 6. _Were three hundred...
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_That lapped_ Taking up a little water in the palm of their hands. It
is probable that Gideon, upon this occasion, commanded his whole army
to leave their baggage behind them, and among that the vesse...
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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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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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PUTTING THEIR HAND TO THEIR MOUTH; taking up a little water in the
palm of their hands to put into their mouths....
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Judges 7:6 number H4557 lapped H3952 (H8764) hand H3027 mouth H6310
three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 rest H3499 people H5971 down H3766
(H8804) knees H1290 drink H8354 (H8800) water H4325...
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‘And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, was three hundred men. But all the rest of the people bowed
down on their knees to drink water.'
Now, no doubt to Gideon's dism...
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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...
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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...
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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 b...
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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...
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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 ther...
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Judges 7:6...
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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...
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That lapped — Taking up a little water in the palm of their hands....