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They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
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Victory Through Confusion
Commentators explain that God's plan was a masterpiece of psychological warfare. By surrounding the camp at night with trumpets and torches, Gideon's 300 men created the illusion of a massive army. This caused panic, confusion, and suspicion within the Midianite camp, leading them to fight and destroy one another in the darkness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The effect on the Midianites would be that they were surrounded by a mighty army. With their own camp in darkness, as soon as the confusion of flig…
19th Century
Anglican
Ran, and cried, and fled. —They ran about to discover the meaning of the trumpet-blast. Their “cries” were either the wai…
Baptist
This was at the dead of night, when the hosts of Midian were fast asleep. They were startled from their slumbers by the blast of three hundred trum…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they stood every man in his place around the camp To see the salvation of God, and that it might most clearly ap…
This method of defeating the Midianites may be understood as exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world—a destruction accompl…
