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.
Study Helps
Interpretation
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.
Read with
This thought runs through Judges 7:1-5.
Glossary
- Mount Gilead Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Gilboa.