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Judges Chapter 7 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
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BBE Judges 7:16

Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
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DARBY Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
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KJV Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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WBT Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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WEB Judges 7:16

He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
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YLT Judges 7:16

And he divideth the three hundred men `into' three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Trumpets, which had been collected from the whole army (ver. 8, note). Lamps. Rather, as in the margin, torches, within the pitchers, so as not to be seen till the pitchers were broken, when the torches would flare with a sudden blaze. The pitchers were vessels for drawing water, as appears from Genesis 24:14, 16, 18, 20. They were doubtless of earthenware, as they were so easily broken.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Into three companies.--See Judges 9:43. This division of the attacking force was a common stratagem. We find it in Job 1:17--"the Chaldaeans made out three bands "--and it was adopted by Saul against the Ammonites (1Samuel 11:11), and by David against Absalom (2Samuel 18:2). (Comp. Genesis 14:15.)A trumpet.--Hearing the sound of three hundred rams' horns, the Midianites would naturally suppose that they were being attacked by three hundred companies. . . .