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 JUDGES 7

God instructs Gideon to narrow the number of men from 32,000 to 300 so that Gideon's army cannot claim the victory as their own, but give credit to God. At night they surround the camp, each man with a torch hidden inside a jar. At Gideon's signal, every man blows his trumpet and brakes his jar. God confuses the Midianites, and makes them turn on one another. The survivors run and continue to retreat across Israel.

PEOPLE: Jerubbaal (Gideon) - Midianites - YHVH God - Phurah - Amalekites - Oreb - Zeeb

PLACES: Harod - Moreh - Mount Gilead - Bethshittah - Zererath - Abelmeholah - Tabbath - Mount Ephraim - Bethbarah - Jordan River

RELATED ARTICLES: Shofar - Tribe of Naphtali - Tribe of Asher - Tribe of Manasseh - Tribe of Ephraim

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