and you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp." Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men that were in the camp.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The armed men - The word is rendered harnessed in Exodus 13:18 (see the note). The most probable meaning of the word is arrayed in divisions…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And you shall hear what they say. —This was the kind of omen known by the Jews as the Bath Kol, or “Daughter of a Voice.”…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And you shall hear what they shall say
The Midianites, or what shall be said by any of them; for though it was the n…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and revealed that the name of…

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