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Judges 7 — Sermon Preparation
Gideon's army is reduced from thirty-two thousand to three hundred, then routes the Midianite camp at night with torches, jars, and trumpets. Below is a research summary for Judges 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 504 / 170
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Judges 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַחֲנֶה | machăneh | H4264 | 17 | encampment, army |
| גִּדְעוֹן | Gidʻôwn | H1439 | 13 | Gidon |
| מִדְיָן | Midyân | H4080 | 12 | Midjan |
| שׁוֹפָר | shôwphâr | H7782 | 8 | cornet, clear |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 13 | hand, open |
| יָרַד | yârad | H3381 | 8 | descend, go downwards |
| תָּקַע | tâqaʻ | H8628 | 6 | clatter, slap |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Judges 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“God provides that the praise of victory may be wholly to himself, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence go with dependence upon God for help in our lawful undertakings. When the Lord sees that men would overlook him, and through unbelief, would shrink from perilous services, or that through pride they would vaunt themselves against him, he will set them aside, and do his work by other instruments. Pretences will be found by many, for deserting the cause and escaping the cross. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 7:1–8 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Harod 1— Judg 7:1
- Midian— Judg 7:1
- Moreh 2— Judg 7:1
- Amalek— Judg 7:12
- East— Judg 7:12
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