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Judg 7:2 lest Israel boast. God made it clear that the glory for this victory was to be all his.
Judg 7:3 The Mosaic laws allowed military exemptions for several classes of people, including those who were fearful (Deut. 20:5–8) since they might cause others to fear.
Judg 7:4–5 Every one who laps . . . as a dog laps. The second test for reducing Gideon’s forces took into account how men drank water from a brook. Neither way of drinking is singled out as the “right” way, so this may be simply a means of reducing the number of men rather than a critique of either form of drinking.
Judg 7:10–14 God gave Gideon a preview of the coming victory by allowing him to enter the Midianite camp and overhear a Midianite’s dream about Israel’s triumph.
Judg 7:13–15 Tumbled literally means “turned itself over.” The loaf in the dream, symbolizing the sword of Gideon, “overturned” the Midianite camp. The dream provided the confirmation that Gideon needed, in light of his earlier fear (v. 10).
Judg 7:18 For the Lord and for Gideon is a war cry.
Judg 7:19 middle watch. Jewish tradition divides the night into three segments, or “watches.” The later division into four watches (Matt. 14:25) seems to have been influenced by Roman practice.
Judg 7:20 A sword for the Lord and for Gideon! Ironically, no Israelite swords were used at all, only torches, trumpets, and jars.
Judg 7:22–25 The victory was clearly God’s. He turned the Midianites’ own swords against them (v. 22) and they fled.
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