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And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

בְּיָדָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

So now, let it be given out to the people that anyone who is shaking with fear is to go back from Mount Galud. So twenty-two thousand of the people went back, but there were still ten thousand.

בְּאָזְנֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “in”

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ (בִּ) bi “with”

Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

בְּיָדָם֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ (בִּ) bi “by”בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּיָדָ֜ם (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־ (בִ) vi “on”בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (בַּֽ) ba. “in the”בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (בַּֽ) ba. “in the”בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (בַּֽ) Ba. “[were] in the”

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.

בָּעֵ֔מֶק (בָּ) ba. “in the”

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

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בִּקְצֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”

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.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”

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.

בִּקְצֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּיָדָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

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.

בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “in”בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “on the”וּבְיַ֨ד־ (בְ) ve. “in”

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

בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “on”

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.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּצוּר־ (בְּ) be. “at”בְיֶֽקֶב־ (בְ) ve. “at”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

בְּמִדְיָ֑ן (בְּ) be. “against”בְּחָזְקָֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

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.

בְּיֶדְכֶם֩ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדַבְּר֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

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.

בְּרַגְלָ֑י (בְּ) be. “[is] at”

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?

בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּתֵ֧ת (בְּ) be. “when”בְּיָדִ֑י (בְּ) be. “in”