March 14, 2018 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete) ... 1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2 The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ · 3 Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

I'll tell you which ones can go along with you and which ones must go back home.” When Gideon led his army down to the spring, the Lord told him, “Watch how each man gets a drink of water.

October 23, 2023 - – Judges 7:9-10 I love this verse because it shows that God knows what we need. Like how Gideon was afraid God knew he was going to be afraid and need a little motivation so that is what God gave him.

June 6, 2024 - God has tapped him to partner with in this big, huge rescue. I’m excited to find out what happens next. Here we go, judges seven verse one. So Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod.

He has just emerged as a bold, ... go home, no questions asked? It seems most un-general-like. Yes, there is Biblical precedent for such a move (Deuteronomy 20:8)....

December 12, 2011 - People can’t do anything to me.’” Hebrews 13:6, ICB · Gideon gathered 32,000 Israelites to fight the huge Midianite army of 135,000 men. The Lord commanded Gideon to reduce his army to only 300 men.

January 1, 2022 - The Lord said 10,000 was still too many soldiers. He told Gideon to take the army down to the water. Those who drank straight from the water with their mouths would be sent home. Those who used their hands to drink the water could stay.

Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" ... While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled. ... When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

October 23, 2023 - Let us be reminded of Gideon, a man from a weak family, from a weak tribe, with only a handful of men to fight the enemy. All of these factors led Gideon and his men to understand that their victory came from God’s power, not their own. When it came to their victory, not one Israelite lifted a finger in battle; the only thing they did was trust and obey God.

Then the LORD said to Gideon, With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.

But inside the camp, the men of Midian began shouting and running away. When Gideon’s 300 men blew their trumpets, the LORD caused the men of Midian to kill each other with their swords. The enemy army ran away to the city of Beth Shittah, which is toward the city of Zererah.

Gideon's army had a mere 32,000 men while the Midianite infantry numbered 135,000, thus outnumbering Gideon four to one in terms of human reasoning. Despite this, the Lord tells Gideon in Judges 7:2, "You have too many troops for me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might elevate ...

Then Gideon and his 300 men came to the Jordan River and went across to the other side, but they were tired and hungry. Gideon said to the men of the city of Succoth, “Give my soldiers something to ea

The LORD said to Gideon, “I will use the 300 men who lapped the water like a dog. I will use them to save you, and I will allow you to defeat the Midianites. Let the other men go home.” So Gideon sent

Jehovah tells Gidʹe·on to get an army, so Gidʹe·on gathers together 32,000 fighting men. But there is an army of 135,000 men against Israel.

March 28, 2014 - These three measly companies surround the camp and simultaneously blow their trumpets and smash their jars, watching as the Midianites - in confusion and terror - start killing each other. Israel pursues their enemy, destroys them, and proceeds to live at peace for 40 years (Judges 8:28). Scripture ...

If the meaning of the overhead dream was not obvious, the Lord provides an immediate interpretation. The other Midianite soldier replied by interpreting the dream in a blunt, supernaturally confident manner. He refers to Gideon—whose army was undoubtedly seen gathering over the last few days ...

We refer, of course, to the way that the Lord whittled down Gideon’s army before Israel went to war against the Midianites. In keeping with Deuteronomy 20:1–9, God told Gideon to send home 22,000 men from the army of 32,000 (Judg.

Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

March 11, 2026 - Pastor David walks us through the stunning reversal in Judges 7, where God repeatedly shrinks Gideon's army—first from 32,000 to 10,000, then to just 300—because a smaller force leaves no room for Israel to claim credit for the victory.