Judges 7:3

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 ordinance there laid down.

and depart from mount Gilead The verb (ṣafar) occurs only here, and its meaning must be guessed from the context; the renderings -depart early" (AV. following Kimchi, from Aram. ṣafra-morning"), or -go round," or -spring away from" (Arab. ḍafara-leap") are impossible or very doubtful. Moore's emendation -And Gideon tried (ṣaraf) them" is adopted by many, but the -testing," appropriate in Judges 7:4, is not suitable here. Mount Gileadis probably a mistake for mount Gilboa, for Gilead was a district on the east of the Jordan.