Judges 7:8 Meaning and Explanation
“So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The three hundred keep provisions and trumpets while the rest go home, with Midian still encamped below.
What Does Judges 7:8 Mean?
The transfer is made. The three hundred take up the provisions and the trumpets of the departing soldiers, and Gideon sends the rest home. The little band now stands alone above the Midianite host that fills the valley below. Everything is ready for the night that will follow.
Notice the trumpets in their hands rather than swords. The weapons of this battle will be sound and light and the sudden terror that God Himself will send. The Lord has arranged matters so that His people carry instruments of worship and proclamation more than instruments of war. When we go where God sends us, we go equipped not by our own armory but by His provision and His presence.
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What does Judges 7:8 mean?
The three hundred keep provisions and trumpets while the rest go home, with Midian still encamped below.