only try again with the skin. Let it alone be dry upon the skin, and dew upon all the earth.

And God did so that night, that there was dryness upon the skin only, and dew upon all the earth.
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Chapter 7
Gideon receives victory against the Midianites.

And Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, arose early, and all the people that were with him, and pitched by the well of Harod, to have the host of Midian northward, behind the hills of the valley.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to deliver Midian into their hand: for Israel will boast against me, saying, My hand hath redeemed me.

Now therefore let them cry out in the ears of the people, saying, Let him that is foolish and desponding return, and come up quickly from mount Gilead. And the people returned twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand only remained.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many. Bring them down unto the waters, and there will I try them thee: and of him that I shall say unto thee to go with thee, he shall go with thee: but of him that I shall say, he shall not go with thee, he shall not go.

And he brought the people down unto the waters. And the LORD said unto Gideon, Whosoever shall lick the water with his tongue, as a dog licketh it, set him apart; as well as he that shall fall upon his knees to drink.

And the number of them that had licked out of the hand into the mouth was three hundred men: and all the rest of the people had drunk kneeling.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that licked will I deliver you, and will give the Midianites into your hand: but let all the rest of the people go into their place.

And they took with them food for the people, and their trumpets. And the rest of the children of Israel let him go every man to his tent: and he strengthened himself with three hundred men. And the host of Midian lay down before him in the valley.

And the LORD said unto him that night, Arise, and go down to the camp: for I have delivered it into thy hand.

But if thou fear to go down, let Pura thy son go down with thee unto the camp, 11. And thou shalt hear what they say. And afterward thou shalt go down with the power unto the camp. And Gideon went down with Purah his lad unto the place of the shield-keepers that were in the camp.

And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay down in the midst like a multitude of locusts; and their camels were not to be numbered before the multitude, as the sand upon the seashore.

And when Gideon was come, behold, he dreamt a dream one to another, saying, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and it seemed unto me that a barley loaf was rolled unto the host of Midian: and when it came to the tents, it smote them, and overthrew them, and overturned them, to bring down the top of the tent.

And the other answered: This is nothing but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash the Israelite. God has given the Midianites into his hands with the whole army.

And when Gideon heard the dream, and the interpretation thereof, he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered the host of Midian into your hand.

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put a trumpet in every man’s hand, and pitchers of wine, and torches within.

And said unto them, Look unto me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come into the place of the host, as I do, so do ye.

When I blow the trumpet, and all that are with me, then ye also shall blow the trumpet round about all the host, and say: Here, Lord, and Gideon!

So Gideon and an hundred men came with him unto the place of the host, unto the first watchmen that were appointed, and stirred them up, and blew with trumpets, and brake the pitchers in their hands.

So all the three companies blew with trumpets, and brake the pitchers. And they held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand, and blew, and cried: Here the sword of the LORD and Gideon!

And every man stood in his place round about the host. And all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.

And when the three hundred men blew with the trumpets, the LORD caused every man’s sword to be against every man’s sword throughout all the host. And the army fled unto Beth-sitta Zereratha, unto the border of the breadth of Meholah at Tabath.

And the men of Israel of Naphtali, and of Asher, and of all Manasseh, cried out, and pursued after the Midianites.

And Gideon sent word throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet the Midianites, and run the waters over against them unto Bethbarah and Jordan. And all they that were of Ephraim cried out, and ran the waters over against them unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb in the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb: and they chased the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb unto Gideon over Jordan.
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Chapter 8
The Midianites who remain are defeated, and Sebab and Zalmuna are captured.

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou done this unto us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to battle against the Midianites? And they quarreled with him fiercely.

And he said unto them: What have I now done that is like unto your deed? Is not one vine of Ephraim better than all the vintage of Abieser?

God has given the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hands. How could I have done what you have done? When he spoke these things, their anger departed from him.

And when Gideon was come to Jordan, he passed over with the three hundred men that were with him: and they were weary, and pursued.

And he said unto the men of Sukhoth, Give some loaves unto the people that are under me: for they are weary, because I go after the kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunah.

And the princes of Shukhtoth said, Are the fists of Zebah and Zalmunah already in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy host?

And Gideon said, Well, if the LORD deliver Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will bruise your flesh with thorns out of the wilderness, and with hedges.

And he went up from thence unto Pnuel, and spake so unto them. And the men of Pnuel answered him, as did the men of Sukhoth.

And he said also unto the men of Pnuel, If I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

And Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor, and their host with them, about five and ten thousand, all that remained of all the host of the east. For an hundred and twenty thousand were fallen that could draw the sword.

And Gideon went up by the way of the tabernacle, toward the east, to Nobah and to Jagbeha, and smote the army: for the army was sure.

And Zebah and Zalmunna fled: but he pursued after them, and caught the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and destroyed all the host.

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle before the sun was up, 14. And he caught a lad of the people of Shukhtoth, and asked him; and he wrote unto him the princes of Shukhtoth, and their elders, seventy and seven men.

And he came to the men of Shukhtoth, and said, Behold, here is Zebah and Zalmunna, of whom ye mocked me, saying, Is Zebah’s fist and Zalmunna’s fist already in thine hands, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

And he took the elders of the city and domes out of the wilderness and hedges, and made the people of Sukhoth to feel it.

And he brake down the tower of Pnuel, and slew the men of the city.

And he said unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What were the men whom ye slew in Tabor? And they said, They were as thou art, and every one of them fair, as the children of a king.

And he said, They were my brethren, my mother’s sons. As the LORD liveth, if ye had let them live, I would not have slain you.

And he said unto Jether his firstborn son, Arise, slay them. But the lad drew not his sword: for he was afraid, because he was yet a lad.

And Zebah and Zalmunna said, Arise, thou, and make thyself at us: for after that the man is, so is his strength. So Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the braces that were on their camels’ necks.

And some of Israel said unto Gideon, Be thou lord over us, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son; because thou hast delivered us out of the hand of Midian.

But Gideon said unto them: I will not be lord over you, neither shall my son be lord over you: but the LORD shall be lord over you.

And Gideon said unto them: One thing I desire of you, that every man give me the headbands which he hath stolen: for because they were