Judges 7:16 Meaning and Explanation
“And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.”
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Read Full Chapter →Gideon splits the three hundred into three groups, arming each man with a trumpet, an empty jar, and a torch.
What Does Judges 7:16 Mean?
Gideon arranges his strange army. The three hundred are split into three companies, and each man is given a trumpet in one hand and an empty pitcher hiding a burning torch in the other. There is not a sword in sight among these instruments.
The equipment is as unconventional as the plan. Hidden light, ready sound, fragile clay -- these are the tools by which God will rout a host. The hands of the men are full of trumpets and pitchers, not weapons, so that when victory comes it cannot be credited to their fighting. God chooses what is weak and breakable to display His power, that the glory might be entirely His own.
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What does Judges 7:16 mean?
Gideon splits the three hundred into three groups, arming each man with a trumpet, an empty jar, and a torch.