22 When they blew 300 trumpets, the (A)Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole [a]army; and the [b]army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of (B)Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 The men of Israel were summoned from (C)Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.

24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down [c]against Midian and (D)take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 7:22 Or camp
  2. Judges 7:22 Or camp
  3. Judges 7:24 Lit to meet

22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(A) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(B) with their swords.(C) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(D) near Tabbath. 23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher(E) and all Manasseh were called out,(F) and they pursued the Midianites.(G) 24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan(H) ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”

So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

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