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Judges 7:21
Judges 7:21 is verse 21 of Judges chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
King James Version
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
World English Bible
They each stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
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Judges 7:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
20 The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
21 Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
22 And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
23 Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
Isaiah 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Isaiah 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
2 Kings 7:7Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.