JUAN O SAVIN- BIBLICAL FIGHT AHEAD- Gideon's Army 12 15 2022

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The BIBLICAL FIGHT is waged by the Gideon's Army of 300.

Jud 7:1-8. Gideon's Army.

1. Jerubbaal -- This had now become Gideon's honorable surname, "the enemy of Baal."

well -- rather "spring of Harod," that is, "fear, trembling"; probably the same as the fountain in Jezreel (1Sa 29:1). It was situated not far from Gilboa, on the confines of Manasseh, and the name "Harod" was bestowed on it with evident reference to the panic which seized the majority of Gideon's troops. The host of the Midianites were on the northern side of the valley, seemingly deeper down in the descent towards the Jordan, near a little eminence.

2. the Lord said unto Gideon, The people ... are too many -- Although the Israelitish army mustered only thirty-two thousand (or one-sixth of the Midianitish host), the number was too great, for it was the Lord's purpose to teach Israel a memorable lesson of dependence on Him.

3. Now therefore ..., proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful ... let him return -- This proclamation was in terms of an established law (De 20:8).

4. too many -- Two reductions were ordered, the last by the application of a test which was made known to Gideon alone.

5. bring them down unto the water -- When the wandering people in Asia, on a journey or in haste, come to water, they do not stoop down with deliberation on their knees, but only bend forward as much as is necessary to bring their hand in contact with the stream, and throw it up with rapidity, and at the same time such address, that they do not drop a particle. The Israelites, it seems, were acquainted with the practice; and those who adopted it on this occasion were selected as fit for a work that required expedition. The rest were dismissed according to the divine direction.
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