User:EmmaLoane/sandbox

2.1 Night Attack
During the night, God instructed Gideon to approach the Midianite camp. There, Gideon overheard a Midianite man tell a friend of a dream in which "a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian" (Judges 7:13), causing their tent or camp to collapse. This was interpreted as meaning that God had given the Midianites over to Gideon. Gideon returned to the Israelite camp and gave each of his men a trumpet (shofar), empty jars, and a clay jar with a torch hidden inside. Divided into three companies, Gideon and his 300 men marched on the enemy camp. He instructed them to blow their trumpets (Judges 7:18), give a battle cry and light torches, simulating an attack by a large force. As they did so went to the edge of the Midianite encampment, they initiated the battle cry, broke the jars and held the torches in their left hands while blasting their trumpets with their right (Judges 7:19-20), the Midianite army fled (Judges 7:21).