But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ 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…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes