Bible Questions #448 -460 Judges 6:34 - Judges 7:25

Judges 6:34 -Judges 7:25

Judges 6:34, 35 Gideon blew a trumpet. There was a special alarm sound that a man blew on a trumpet to call men to battle. Men from various tribes joined Gideon.

Judges Chp. 7

God told Gideon that he had too many people. Gideon did not think so ----the men in the enemy army was many.

448. But God said there were too many, why" So that Israel would not do ? Judges 7:2 (last part)________________________________________________________________

449. Who was allowed to go home? __________________________________________

450. How many went home? ________________________________________________

451. How many stayed? ___________________________________________________

452. Vs. 4 What does God say about the ones who stayed? ________________________

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453. Vs. 4-6 The men were told to do what? ___________________________________

454. Vs. 6,7 How did 300 of the men drink? ___________________________________

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455. Which one did God say to keep? _________________________________________

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456. If a man is a soldier, and he drinks water from a river by putting his face in the water like a dog to lap up the water-----his back end is up and his head is down. What is wrong with this for a soldier? _______________________________________________

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457. The men who knelt and reached down to cup their hands and bring the water up to their mouth were chosen. Why was their way more "soldier like" ?

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458. Judges 7: 9-14 Gideon sent spies to the enemy camp to see and hear what they what they were planning and what they were thinking.

Vs. 13 One of the Midianite men was telling about a dream he had. He dreamed about a

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their tent.

459. Vs. 14 Another said what he thought this meant. What did he say about it?

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460. Vs. 15- 25 These verses tell how Gideon went to "fight" the enemy.

Each man had a _____________________ and a ___________________________.

Gideon had the men cover their lamps with a pitcher. In the dark, the soldiers made a circle around the Midianite camp. There were only 300 of them so they were spread out in a circle. They were quiet and kept their lamps hidden. Then at Gideon’s signal, they took the pitchers off of the lamps (torches) threw them on the ground to break them, and they held up their swords and yelled, "The sword of the Lord and of Gideon."

The men in the Midianite camp were asleep. They woke up with the noise. They saw the lights all around them. They did not know that it was only one single line of men. They thought there were hundreds of men out there in the dark.

They got up afraid. It was dark. They saw men come near them. They thought it was the enemy in the camp. But it was their own men. They grabbed their swords and started swinging. But they were killing their own men. They were in confusion and fear.

Some of them began to run away from the camp. The soldiers of Israel chased after them.

They were killed. God gave them a great victory with only 300 men!