H9002–/וְ–v

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֻרָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.

וְאַחַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֻרָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

וּמִדְיָ֨ן (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the ear

וְהִ֨נֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.

וְכַדִּ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַפִּדִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.

וְכֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

וּמֵאָה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְנָפ֥וֹץ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וּבְיַ֨ד־ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by T

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.

וּמַלְאָכִ֡ים (וּ) u. “and”וְלִכְד֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹאשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְאֵ֔ב (וּ) u. “and”

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ (וּ) u. “and”וְרֹדְפִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

וְאָנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַלְמֻנָּ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֛ע (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

וְזֶ֨בַח (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

וְיָגְבֳּהָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֔ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”