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and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
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God Strengthens Our Hands
Commentators note that God's instruction for Gideon to eavesdrop was a direct act of encouragement. God knew Gideon's fear and provided a specific sign to strengthen his hands and bolster his faith before the battle. This shows God's personal care and His willingness to meet us in our weakness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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.”…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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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…
