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When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Yahweh and for Gideon.
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A Cry of Faith
The battle cry was "For the Lord and for Gideon!" Commentators note the word "sword" was likely added to the text later. The power was in declaring allegiance to God first, with Gideon as His instrument. Gideon included his own name not out of vanity, but because God had already made his name a source of terror to the enemy, as revealed in the Midianite's dream.
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19th Century
Anglican
The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.—Literally, for Jehovah and for Gideon (Septuagint, Τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεων; Vulgate,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me He being at the head of one of the three companies, ([Referen…
Presbyterian
This method of defeating the Midianites may be understood as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world—a destruction accompl…
