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Judges 7:6 Cross-References
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“And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.”
Judges 7:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Judges 7:6
The test results: 300 lapped water with hands to mouth, while all the rest knelt to drink. This tiny fraction—3% of the already-reduced army, less than 1% of the original 32,000—will constitute Gideon's fighting force. The Hebrew specifies 'the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth' emphasizing the precise method. That so few maintained vigilance while drinking reveals how rare genuine alertness is even among professed warriors. These 300 combine genuine courage (not among the 22,000 who left) with tactical awareness (not among the 9,700 who knelt). They represent the f...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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