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Judges 7:3

Judges 7:3
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people,.... Such a proclamation as follows, was, according to the law…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The proclamation was in accordance with the Law (see the marginal reference). No mountain of the name of Gilead is known…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 7:1-8

Here, I. Gideon applies himself with all possible care and industry to do the part of a good general, in leading on the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

trembling Hebr. ḥârçd, with pointed reference to the name of the spring Ḥărôd. The sentence -whosoever is fearful … let…