Judges 7:3 meaning and explanation
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
Judges 7:3, Berean Standard Bible
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God has just told Gideon that his army is too large, since Israel might claim the victory as its own. Here the LORD commands a public dismissal of anyone fearful and trembling, echoing the rule of Deuteronomy 20:8, which let frightened soldiers go home before battle.
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