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Verse Judges 7:3. _WHOSOEVER_ IS _FEARFUL AND AFRAID, LET HAM RETURN
- FROM_ _MOUNT GILEAD_] Gideon was certainly not at Mount _Gilead_ at
this time, but rather near Mount _Gilboa_. Gilead was on the...
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The proclamation was in accordance with the Law (see the marginal
reference). No mountain of the name of Gilead is known in this
locality, and it has been conjectured that the right reading is
Gilboa....
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CHAPTER 7 THE VICTORY OF GIDEON
_ 1. The sifting of Gideon's army (Judges 7:1)_
2. The dream of the Midianite (Judges 7:9)
3. Victory through weakness (Judges 7:16)
Gideon “the cutter down,” now al...
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THE REDUCTION OF GIDEON'S ARMY. This section teaches that Yahweh is
the giver of victory, and that it is as easy for Him to save by few as
by many (1 Samuel 14:6). The spring of Harod (trembling, _cf....
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MOUNT GILEAD. What was more natural than that the half tribe of
Manasseh on the west side of Jordan should so name. mount in _their_
tribe in compliment to the famous mount on the east side? (Genesis...
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_trembling_ Hebr. _ḥârçd_, with pointed reference to the name of
the spring _Ḥărôd_. The sentence -whosoever is fearful … let him
return" closely resembles Deuteronomy 20:8, and may allude to the
ordi...
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Judges 7:1-8. _Gideon's army is reduced_
It seems to have been a fixed element in the tradition that 300 was
the number of Gideon's force (Judges 7:6; Judges 7:16;...
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_Gideon's Men Reduced to Three Hundred Judges 7:1-14_
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon and all the people that were with him,
rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host
of the...
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_NOW THEREFORE GO TO, PROCLAIM IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE, SAYING,
WHOSOEVER IS FEARFUL AND AFRAID, LET HIM RETURN AND DEPART EARLY FROM
MOUNT GILEAD. AND THERE RETURNED OF THE PEOPLE TWENTY AND TWO
TH...
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GILEAD] is E. of the Jordan: some other locality must be meant. For
the return of the timid, cp. Deuteronomy 20:8....
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THE ROUT OF MIDIAN
1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
V1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (Gideon) and his men camped at the
*spring called Harod. The army from Midian had their camp north from
them. It...
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WHOSOEVER IS FEARFUL AND AFRAID. — This proclamation is in exact
accordance with Deuteronomy 20:8 (and the other general directions in
that chapter). It is there founded on the psychological observati...
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה קְרָ֨א נָ֜א בְּ אָזְנֵ֤י הָ
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"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY"
Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1
ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises
sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and
holier...
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QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY
Judges 7:1
“No king is saved by the multitude of an host,” Psalms 33:16. God
does not need multitudes. It is false to say that He is “on the side
of the heaviest battalions.”...
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This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in
the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when
they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience....
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The second invasion of the Midianites and their allies placed 135,000
troops in the land of Israel (Ruth 8:10). Yet, when God saw the number
of men who answered Gideon's call to arms, he said 32,000 m...
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Return, agreeably to the law of Moses, Deuteronomy xx. 8. If God had
not enforced this order, it would perhaps have been neglected in the
hurry, particularly as all seemed to have joined the army with...
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Observe how graciously the Lord follows up the first tokens of his
grace with the after actings of his favor. But I would have the Reader
more particularly remark how the Lord deals with his people in...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Thirty-two thousand men followed Gideon. But Jehovah will not have so
many. He alone must be glorified in their deliverance. Their faith was
indeed so weak, even while the Spirit of God was at work, t...
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NOW THEREFORE GO TO, PROCLAIM IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE,.... Such a
proclamation as follows, was, according to the law of God, to be made
when Israel went out to battle against their enemies, Deuteron...
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Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever [is] fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early
from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two
t...
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_From mount Gilead_ Not that mount Gilead which was on the east side
of Jordan, for the camps, both of the Israelites and Midianites, were
on the west side of that river, in the land of Canaan; but an...
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1 Gideons armie of two and thirtie thousand is brought to three
hundred.
9 He is encouraged by the dreame and interpretation of the barley
cake.
16 His stratageme of trumpets and lampes in pitchers....
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Now, therefore, go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from
Mount Gilead, Deuteronomy 20:8. The name Gilead was not confine...
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The Army Reduced....
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ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD
(vv. 1-9)
Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of
the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared
to Midian, this ar...
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MOUNT GILEAD; not that famous Mount Gilead which was beyond Jordan;
for it is apparent that both the camps of the Israelites and of the
Midianites were on this side Jordan: but another Mount Gilead in...
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Judges 7:3 proclaim H4994 H7121 (H8798) hearing H241 people H5971
saying H559 (H8800) fearful H3373 afraid...
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“Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people saying,
whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return, and depart (or
‘chirp' - from the Arabic) from Mount Gilead.”
This was in accordance...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Gideon's three hundred and the victory over Midian and
Amalek.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Phurah, Oreb, Zeeb.
CONCLUSION: God wants prepared men to fight God's battles with God's
weapons in...
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Judges 7:1. _The well of Harod;_ equivalent to terror, from the panic
of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa.
Judges 7:2. _The people with thee are too many,_ while human fears
s...
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_Gideon _. .. _ pitched beside the wall of Harod._
GIDEON’S ARMY
I. The Lord called him to fight. The world must see, now and then, the
gigantic crimes of a mere man turned back by rival arms upon bo...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:3 The Mosaic laws allowed military
exemptions for several classes of people, including those who were
FEARFUL (Deuteronomy 20:5) since they might cau
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_THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE_
I. THE DIMINUTION OF ITS NUMBERS
_Judges 7:1_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 7:1. THEN JERUBBAAL.] The name is given as
_the challenger of Baal_, the man who, for the h...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 7:1
JERUBBAAL. The mention of this name seems intended to keep before our
minds that it is emphatically the servant of the Lord who is going
forth to victory. THE WELL OF HAROD, _i....
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So in chapter seven,
[when] Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him,
rose up early, and they pitched beside the well of Harod (Judges 7:1):
Now the well of Harod is still there...
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Deuteronomy 20:8; Luke 14:25; Matthew 13:21; Matthew 20:16;...
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GIDEON, A HERO OF THE FAITH
Judges 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Hebrews eleven classes Gideon with the heroes of the faith. This may
well have been done. We need to remember, however, that Gideon lived
i...
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THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON
Judges 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that
many things of value will be found in this remarkable chapter...