Judges 7:19

New Century Version

So Gideon and the one hundred men with him came to the edge of the enemy camp just after they had changed guards. It was during the middle watch of the night. Then Gideon and his men blew their trumpets and smashed their jars.

Cross References

Psalm 2:9

You will rule over them with an iron rod. You will break them into pieces like pottery.”

Psalm 90:4

To you, a thousand years is like the passing of a day, or like a few hours in the night.

Exodus 14:24

When morning came, the Lord looked down from the pillar of cloud and fire at the Egyptian army and made them panic.

Matthew 25:6

“At midnight someone cried out, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come and meet him!’

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You know very well that the day the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief that comes in the night.

Revelation 16:15

“Listen! I will come as a thief comes! Blessed are those who stay awake and keep their clothes on so that they will not walk around naked and have people see their shame.”

Judges 7:16

Gideon divided the three hundred men into three groups. He gave each man a trumpet and an empty jar with a burning torch inside.

Judges 7:18

Surround the enemy camp. When I and everyone with me blow our trumpets, you blow your trumpets, too. Then shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’ ”

Judges 7:20

All three groups of Gideon’s men blew their trumpets and smashed their jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands. Then they shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”