And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
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Try – The word used for refining metals by separating the dross from the pure ore. Those who threw themselves on the ground and drank freely…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The people are yet too many. —A fresh trial of faith; but small numbers were essential for the method of victory by which…
John Gill
JohnGill
And the Lord said to Gideon, the people are yet too many
Though they were but just the number that Barak had with hi…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
God provides that the praise of victory may be entirely His, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence accompany d…
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Albert Barnes
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