Chapter 7
Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred
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Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside vvv the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤉𐤍 𐤇𐤓𐤃 𐤅𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤌𐤒 𐤌𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤓𐤄
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יְרֻבַּ֜עַל ה֣וּא גִדְע֗וֹן וְכָל־ הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־ עֵ֣ין חֲרֹ֑ד וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה מִדְיָן֙ הָיָה־ מִצָּפ֔וֹן ל֣וֹ בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ מִגִּבְעַ֥ת הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה way·yaš·kêm yə·rub·ba·‘al hū ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn wə·ḵāl hā·‘ām ’ă·šer ’it·tōw way·ya·ḥă·nū ‘al- ‘ên ḥă·rōḏ ū·ma·ḥă·nêh miḏ·yān hā·yāh- miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn lōw bā·‘ê·meq mig·giḇ·‘aṯ ham·mō·w·reh — WLC · 1
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤕𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤐𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤕𐤐𐤀𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤉
יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ גִּדְע֔וֹן אִתָּ֔ךְ רַ֗ב הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מִתִּתִּ֥י מִדְיָ֖ן אֶת־ בְּיָדָ֑ם פֶּן־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִתְפָּאֵ֨ר עָלַ֤י לֵאמֹ֔ר יָדִ֖י הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה לִּֽי׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’el- giḏ·‘ō·wn ’it·tāḵ raḇ hā·‘ām ’ă·šer mit·tit·tî miḏ·yān ’eṯ- bə·yā·ḏām pen- yiś·rā·’êl yiṯ·pā·’êr ‘ā·lay lê·mōr yā·ḏî hō·wō·šî·‘āh lî — WLC · 2
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Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men:… ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two… thousand [of them] turned back, but ten thousand remained.
𐤍𐤀 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤁𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤅𐤇𐤓𐤃 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤐𐤓 𐤌𐤄𐤓 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤎
נָ֜א וְעַתָּ֗ה קְרָ֨א בְּאָזְנֵ֤י הָעָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מִֽי־ יָרֵ֣א וְחָרֵ֔ד יָשֹׁ֥ב וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר מֵהַ֣ר הַגִּלְעָ֑ד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף מִן־ הָעָ֗ם וַיָּ֣שָׁב וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ׃ס nā wə·‘at·tāh qə·rā bə·’ā·zə·nê hā·‘ām lê·mōr mî- yā·rê wə·ḥā·rêḏ yā·šōḇ wə·yiṣ·pōr mê·har hag·gil·‘āḏ ‘eś·rîm ū·šə·na·yim ’e·lep̄ min- hā·‘ām way·yā·šāḇ wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ ’ă·lā·p̄îm niš·’ā·rū — WLC · 3
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there… If I say to you, ‘This [one] shall go with you,’ he shall go… But if I say…, ‘This [one] shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤃 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤑𐤓𐤐𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤆𐤄 𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤋𐤊
יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ גִּדְע֗וֹן עוֹד֮ רָב֒ הָעָ֣ם הוֹרֵ֤ד אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־ הַמַּ֔יִם וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה׀ יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־ אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא־ יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’el- giḏ·‘ō·wn ‘ō·wḏ rāḇ hā·‘ām hō·w·rêḏ ’ō·w·ṯām ’el- ham·ma·yim wə·’eṣ·rə·p̄en·nū lə·ḵā šām wə·hā·yāh ’ă·šer ’ō·mar ’ê·le·ḵā zeh yê·lêḵ ’it·tāḵ hū yê·lêḵ ’it·tāḵ wə·ḵōl ’ă·šer- ’ō·mar ’ê·le·ḵā zeh lō- yê·lêḵ ‘im·māḵ hū lō yê·lêḵ — WLC · 4
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So [Gideon] brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to [him], “Separate - those who lap the water with their tongues… like… a dog from those who kneel… to drink.”
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤓𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤎 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤕𐤑𐤉𐤂 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤋𐤁𐤃 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤋𐤒 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤍 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤋𐤒 𐤄𐤊𐤋𐤁 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤊𐤓𐤏 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤕
הָעָ֖ם וַיּ֥וֹרֶד אֶת־ אֶל־ הַמָּ֑יִםס יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ גִּדְע֗וֹן תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹתוֹ֙ לְבָ֔ד כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־ יָלֹק֩ הַמַּ֜יִם בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ מִן־ כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַכֶּ֗לֶב וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־ יִכְרַ֥ע עַל־ בִּרְכָּ֖יו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ hā·‘ām way·yō·w·reḏ ’eṯ- ’el- ham·må̄·yi·ms Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’el- giḏ·‘ō·wn taṣ·ṣîḡ ’ō·w·ṯōw lə·ḇāḏ kōl ’ă·šer- yā·lōq ham·ma·yim bil·šō·w·nōw min- ka·’ă·šer yā·lōq hak·ke·leḇ wə·ḵōl ’ă·šer- yiḵ·ra‘ ‘al- bir·kāw liš·tō·wṯ — WLC · 5
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And the number of those who lapped [the water] with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others… knelt… to drink…
𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤐𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤕𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤊𐤓𐤏𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤕 𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤎
מִסְפַּ֞ר הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤ים בְּיָדָם֙ אֶל־ פִּיהֶ֔ם וַיְהִ֗י שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וְכֹל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם כָּרְע֥וּ עַל־ בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת מָֽיִם׃ס mis·par ha·mă·laq·qîm bə·yā·ḏām ’el- pî·hem way·hî šə·lōš mê·’ō·wṯ ’îš wə·ḵōl ye·ṯer hā·‘ām kā·rə·‘ū ‘al- bir·ḵê·hem liš·tō·wṯ mā·yim — WLC · 6
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped [the water] I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others… are to go… home.”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤅
יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ גִּדְע֗וֹן בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָאִ֤ישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י מִדְיָ֖ן אֶת־ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־ הָעָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’el- giḏ·‘ō·wn biš·lōš mê·’ō·wṯ hā·’îš ha·mă·laq·qîm ’ō·wō·šî·a‘ ’eṯ·ḵem wə·nā·ṯat·tî miḏ·yān ’eṯ- bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā wə·ḵāl hā·‘ām yê·lə·ḵū ’îš lim·qō·mōw — WLC · 7
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So Gideon sent… the rest of the Israelites… to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤒 𐤅𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤑𐤃𐤄 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤌𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤌𐤒𐤐
שִׁלַּח֙ אִ֣ישׁ כָּל־ אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יו הֶֽחֱזִ֑יק וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת־ בְּיָדָ֜ם וְאֵ֣ת צֵדָה֩ שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם הָעָ֨ם וְאֵ֨ת וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן הָ֥יָה מִתַּ֥חַת ל֖וֹ בָּעֵֽמֶק׃פ šil·laḥ ’îš kāl- ’îš yiś·rā·’êl lə·’ō·hā·lāw he·ḥĕ·zîq ū·ḇiš·lōš- mê·’ō·wṯ hā·’îš way·yiq·ḥū ’eṯ- bə·yā·ḏām wə·’êṯ ṣê·ḏāh šō·wp̄·rō·ṯê·hem hā·‘ām wə·’êṯ ū·ma·ḥă·nêh miḏ·yān hā·yāh mit·ta·ḥaṯ lōw bā·‘ê·meq — WLC · 8
The Sword of Gideon
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- That night the LORD said to [Gideon], “Get up [and] go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤓𐤃 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊
וַֽיְהִי֙ הַה֔וּא בַּלַּ֣יְלָה יְהוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ ק֖וּם רֵ֣ד בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כִּ֥י נְתַתִּ֖יו בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ way·hî ha·hū bal·lay·lāh Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw qūm rêḏ bam·ma·ḥă·neh kî nə·ṯat·tîw bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā — WLC · 9
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But if you are afraid to [do so], then go down to the camp… with your servant Purah
𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤓𐤃𐤕 𐤓𐤃 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤊 𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤄
וְאִם־ אַתָּ֖ה יָרֵ֥א לָרֶ֑דֶת רֵ֥ד אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ אַתָּ֛ה נַעַרְךָ֖ וּפֻרָ֥ה wə·’im- ’at·tāh yā·rê lā·re·ḏeṯ rêḏ ’el- ham·ma·ḥă·neh ’at·tāh na·‘ar·ḵā ū·p̄u·rāh — WLC · 10
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and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were [guarding] the camp.
𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕 𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤉𐤃𐤉𐤊 𐤕𐤇𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤕 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃 𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤄 𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤒𐤑𐤄 𐤄𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄
וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ מַה־ יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ וְאַחַר֙ יָדֶ֔יךָ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה הוּא֙ וַיֵּ֤רֶד וּפֻרָ֣ה נַעֲר֔וֹ אֶל־ קְצֵ֥ה הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ wə·šā·ma‘·tā mah- yə·ḏab·bê·rū wə·’a·ḥar yā·ḏe·ḵā te·ḥĕ·zaq·nāh wə·yā·raḏ·tā bam·ma·ḥă·neh hū way·yê·reḏ ū·p̄u·rāh na·‘ă·rōw ’el- qə·ṣêh ha·ḥă·mu·šîm ’ă·šer bam·ma·ḥă·neh — WLC · 11
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Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless… as the sand on the seashore…
𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤋𐤒 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤌 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤏𐤌𐤒 𐤋𐤓𐤁 𐤊𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤂𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤊𐤇𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤐𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤓𐤁
וּמִדְיָ֨ן וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק וְכָל־ בְּנֵי־ קֶ֙דֶם֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בָּעֵ֔מֶק לָרֹ֑ב כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֔ר כַּח֛וֹל שֶׁעַל־ שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹֽב׃ ū·miḏ·yān wa·‘ă·mā·lêq wə·ḵāl bə·nê- qe·ḏem nō·p̄ə·lîm bā·‘ê·meq lā·rōḇ kā·’ar·beh wə·liḡ·mal·lê·hem ’ên mis·pār ka·ḥō·wl še·‘al- śə·p̄aṯ hay·yām lā·rōḇ — WLC · 12
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And as Gideon arrived a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream…,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come… tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned… and collapsed.”
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤋𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤇𐤋𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤑𐤋𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤄𐤐𐤊 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤄𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤄𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤐𐤊𐤄𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤋
גִדְע֔וֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א וְהִ֨נֵּה־ אִ֔ישׁ מְסַפֵּ֥ר לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ חֲל֑וֹם הִנֵּ֧ה חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֗מְתִּי וַיֹּ֜אמֶר וְהִנֵּ֨ה צְלוֹל שְׂעֹרִים֙ לֶ֤חֶם וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד־ מִתְהַפֵּךְ֙ מִדְיָ֔ן בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ הָ֠אֹהֶל וַיִּפֹּ֛ל הָאֹֽהֶל׃ וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ לְמַ֖עְלָה וְנָפַ֥ל ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn way·yā·ḇō wə·hin·nêh- ’îš mə·sap·pêr lə·rê·‘ê·hū ḥă·lō·wm hin·nêh ḥă·lō·wm ḥā·lam·tî way·yō·mer wə·hin·nêh ṣə·lōl śə·‘ō·rîm le·ḥem way·yā·ḇō ‘aḏ- miṯ·hap·pêḵ miḏ·yān bə·ma·ḥă·nêh way·yak·kê·hū hā·’ō·hel way·yip·pōl hā·’ō·hel way·ya·hap̄·ḵê·hū lə·ma‘·lāh wə·nā·p̄al — WLC · 13
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His friend… replied: “This is nothing less than… the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite… God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.” -
𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤌 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄𐤐 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕
רֵעֵ֤הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ וַיַּ֨עַן זֹ֔את אֵ֣ין בִּלְתִּ֗י אִם־ חֶ֛רֶב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־ יוֹאָ֖שׁ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ נָתַ֤ן מִדְיָ֖ן וְאֶת־ כָּל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃פ בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־ rê·‘ê·hū way·yō·mer way·ya·‘an zōṯ ’ên bil·tî ’im- ḥe·reḇ giḏ·‘ō·wn ben- yō·w·’āš ’îš yiś·rā·’êl hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm nā·ṯan miḏ·yān wə·’eṯ- kāl- ham·ma·ḥă·neh bə·yā·ḏōw ’eṯ- — WLC · 14
Gideon Defeats Midian
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- When Gideon heard vvv the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.” -
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕
וַיְהִי֩ גִּדְע֜וֹן אֶת־ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ מִסְפַּ֧ר הַחֲל֛וֹם וְאֶת־ שִׁבְר֖וֹ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ אֶל־ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ק֔וּמוּ כִּֽי־ יְהוָ֛ה נָתַ֧ן מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִדְיָֽן׃ בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ם אֶת־ way·hî giḏ·‘ō·wn ’eṯ- ḵiš·mō·a‘ mis·par ha·ḥă·lō·wm wə·’eṯ- šiḇ·rōw way·yiš·tā·ḥū way·yā·šāḇ ’el- ma·ḥă·nêh yiś·rā·’êl way·yō·mer qū·mū kî- Yah·weh nā·ṯan ma·ḥă·nêh miḏ·yān bə·yeḏ·ḵem ’eṯ- — WLC · 15
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar [in the other], containing a torch -.
𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤄 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤊𐤋𐤌 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤓𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤐𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤊𐤃𐤉𐤌
וַיַּ֛חַץ אֶת־ שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים וַיִּתֵּ֨ן כֻּלָּם֙ שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת בְּיַד־ רֵקִ֔ים וְכַדִּ֣ים בְּת֥וֹךְ וְלַפִּדִ֖ים הַכַּדִּֽים׃ way·ya·ḥaṣ ’eṯ- šə·lōš- mê·’ō·wṯ hā·’îš šə·lō·šāh rā·šîm way·yit·tên kul·lām šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ bə·yaḏ- rê·qîm wə·ḵad·dîm bə·ṯō·wḵ wə·lap·pi·ḏîm hak·kad·dîm — WLC · 16
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“Watch me and do… as I do,” [Gideon] said… “When I come to the outskirts of the camp,… do… exactly as I do.
𐤕𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤕𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤒𐤑𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤍
תִרְא֖וּ תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה וְכֵ֣ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִמֶּ֥נִּי אָנֹכִ֥י בָא֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כֵּ֥ן כַאֲשֶׁר־ תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃ ṯir·’ū ta·‘ă·śū wə·hin·nêh wə·ḵên way·yō·mer ’ă·lê·hem mim·men·nî ’ā·nō·ḵî ḇā biq·ṣêh ham·ma·ḥă·neh wə·hā·yāh ’e·‘ĕ·śeh kên ḵa·’ă·šer- ta·‘ă·śūn — WLC · 17
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When I and all who [are] with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤂𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤌 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍𐤐
אָנֹכִ֖י וְכָל־ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתִּ֑י וְתָקַעְתִּי֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר אַתֶּ֗ם גַּם־ וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨ם בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹת כָּל־ סְבִיבוֹת֙ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַיהוָ֥ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃פ ’ā·nō·ḵî wə·ḵāl ’ă·šer ’it·tî wə·ṯā·qa‘·tî baš·šō·w·p̄ār ’at·tem gam- ū·ṯə·qa‘·tem baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ kāl- sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ ham·ma·ḥă·neh wa·’ă·mar·tem Yah·weh ū·lə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn — WLC · 18
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Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing… of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that [were] in their hands.
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤒𐤑𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤒𐤌 𐤄𐤒𐤉𐤌𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤅 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤅𐤑 𐤄𐤊𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌
גִ֠דְעוֹן וּמֵאָה־ אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֜וֹ וַיָּבֹ֣א בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה רֹ֚אשׁ הַתִּֽיכוֹנָ֔ה הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת אַ֛ךְ הָקֵ֥ם הֵקִ֖ימוּ אֶת־ הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת וְנָפ֥וֹץ הַכַּדִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּיָדָֽם׃ ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn ū·mê·’āh- ’îš ’ă·šer- ’it·tōw way·yā·ḇō biq·ṣêh ham·ma·ḥă·neh rōš hat·tî·ḵō·w·nāh hā·’aš·mō·reṯ ’aḵ hā·qêm hê·qî·mū ’eṯ- haš·šō·mə·rîm way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ wə·nā·p̄ō·wṣ hak·kad·dîm ’ă·šer bə·yā·ḏām — WLC · 19
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The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns… in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤅 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤄𐤊𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤒𐤅 𐤁𐤋𐤐𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤏 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָרָאשִׁ֥ים וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּ בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮ וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּ הַכַּדִּים֒ וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים שְׂמאוֹלָם֙ בְיַד־ הַשּׁוֹפָר֖וֹת לִתְק֑וֹעַ יְמִינָ֔ם וּבְיַ֨ד־ וַֽיִּקְרְא֔וּ חֶ֥רֶב לַֽיהוָ֖ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ šə·lō·šeṯ hā·rā·šîm way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū baš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ way·yiš·bə·rū hak·kad·dîm way·ya·ḥă·zî·qū bal·lap·pi·ḏîm śə·m·ʾō·lå̄m ḇə·yaḏ- haš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ liṯ·qō·w·a‘ yə·mî·nām ū·ḇə·yaḏ- way·yiq·rə·’ū ḥe·reḇ Yah·weh ū·lə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn — WLC · 20
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Each [Israelite] took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 𐤋𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤎𐤅
אִ֣ישׁ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כָּל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה וַיָּ֧רָץ וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ וַיָּנִיסוּ׃ ’îš way·ya·‘am·ḏū taḥ·tāw sā·ḇîḇ lam·ma·ḥă·neh kāl- ham·ma·ḥă·neh way·yā·rāṣ way·yā·rî·‘ū way·yå̄·nī·sū — WLC · 21
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And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another… with their swords. The army fled to vvv Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border vvv of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤎 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤈𐤄 𐤑𐤓𐤓𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤃 𐤔𐤐𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤈𐤁𐤕
שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֣וֹת הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒ וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣ת וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אִ֛ישׁ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ וּבְכָל־ חֶ֥רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה וַיָּ֨נָס עַד־ בֵּ֤ית הַשִּׁטָּה֙ צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה עַ֛ד שְׂפַת־ אָבֵ֥ל מְחוֹלָ֖ה עַל־ טַבָּֽת׃ šə·lōš- mê·’ō·wṯ haš·šō·w·p̄ā·rō·wṯ way·yiṯ·qə·‘ū Yah·weh ’êṯ way·yā·śem ’îš ham·ma·ḥă·neh bə·rê·‘ê·hū ū·ḇə·ḵāl ḥe·reḇ ham·ma·ḥă·neh way·yā·nās ‘aḏ- bêṯ haš·šiṭ·ṭāh ṣə·rê·rā·ṯāh ‘aḏ śə·p̄aṯ- ’ā·ḇêl mə·ḥō·w·lāh ‘al- ṭab·bāṯ — WLC · 22
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Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued… the Midianites.
𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤏𐤒 𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤌𐤍𐤐𐤕𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍
אִֽישׁ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וַיִּצָּעֵ֧ק וּמִן־ מִנַּפְתָּלִ֥י אָשֵׁ֖ר וּמִן־ כָּל־ מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן׃ ’îš- yiś·rā·’êl way·yiṣ·ṣā·‘êq ū·min- min·nap̄·tā·lî ’ā·šêr ū·min- kāl- mə·naš·šeh way·yir·də·p̄ū ’a·ḥă·rê miḏ·yān — WLC · 23
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Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as vvv Beth-barah -.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as vvv Beth-barah -.
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤓𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤊𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤏𐤒 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤕
גִּדְעוֹן֩ שָׁלַ֣ח וּמַלְאָכִ֡ים בְּכָל־ הַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם לֵאמֹ֗ר רְד֞וּ לִקְרַ֤את מִדְיָן֙ וְלִכְד֤וּ אֶת־ הַמַּ֔יִם הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן לָהֶם֙ עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־ כָּל־ אִ֤ישׁ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ אֶת־ הַמַּ֔יִם הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־ giḏ·‘ō·wn šā·laḥ ū·mal·’ā·ḵîm bə·ḵāl har ’ep̄·ra·yim lê·mōr rə·ḏū liq·raṯ miḏ·yān wə·liḵ·ḏū ’eṯ- ham·ma·yim hay·yar·dên lā·hem ‘aḏ bêṯ bā·rāh wə·’eṯ- kāl- ’îš ’ep̄·ra·yim way·yiṣ·ṣā·‘êq way·yil·kə·ḏū ’eṯ- ham·ma·yim hay·yar·dên ‘aḏ bêṯ bā·rāh wə·’eṯ- — WLC · 24
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They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb… at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites [and] brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤆𐤀𐤁 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤁 𐤁𐤑𐤅𐤓 𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤆𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤒𐤁 𐤆𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤆𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤋𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍
וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ עֹרֵ֣ב וְאֶת־ זְאֵ֗ב שְׁנֵֽי־ שָׂרֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן אֶת־ וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ אֶת־ עוֹרֵ֤ב בְּצוּר־ עוֹרֵב֙ וְאֶת־ זְאֵב֙ הָרְג֣וּ בְיֶֽקֶב־ זְאֵ֔ב וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אֶל־ מִדְיָ֑ן הֵבִ֙יאוּ֙ וְרֹאשׁ־ עֹרֵ֣ב וּזְאֵ֔ב אֶל־ גִּדְע֔וֹן מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ way·yil·kə·ḏū ‘ō·rêḇ wə·’eṯ- zə·’êḇ šə·nê- śā·rê miḏ·yān ’eṯ- way·ya·har·ḡū ’eṯ- ‘ō·w·rêḇ bə·ṣūr- ‘ō·w·rêḇ wə·’eṯ- zə·’êḇ hā·rə·ḡū ḇə·ye·qeḇ- zə·’êḇ way·yir·də·p̄ū ’el- miḏ·yān hê·ḇî·’ū wə·rōš- ‘ō·rêḇ ū·zə·’êḇ ’el- giḏ·‘ō·wn mê·‘ê·ḇer lay·yar·dên — WLC · 25