Judges 7:3 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 7:3

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.

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ASV

Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

KJV

Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JUDGES 9.1 (253)

Does not the leader of our army, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, call out now to his soldiers and say, Whoever is "fearful and anxious of heart," let him not come to war with me? For this is also what he says in the Gospels in other words but with the same meaning: "Whoever does not take his own cross and come after me is not worthy of me," and again: "Whoever does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The proclamation was in accordance with the Law (see the marginal reference). No mountain of the name of Gilead is known in this locality, and it has been conjectured that the right reading is Gilboa. Others think that this may be a form of proclamation customary in Manasseh.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Now therefore . . ., proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful . . . let him return--This proclamation was in terms of an established law (De 20:8).

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
קְרָ֨א	ke.Ra'	proclaim	H7121 →
נָ֜א	na'	please	H4994 →
בְּאָזְנֵ֤י	be.'a.ze.Nei	in [the] ears of	H241 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
יָרֵ֣א	ya.Re'	[is] fearful	H3373 →
וְחָרֵ֔ד	ve.cha.Red	and trembling	H2730 →
יָשֹׁ֥ב	ya.Sho	let him go back	H7725 →
וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר	ve.yitz.Por	and he may go	H6852 →
מֵהַ֣ר	me.Har	from [the] mountain of	H2022 →
הַגִּלְעָ֑ד	ha.gil.'Ad	<the> Gilead	H1568 →
וַיָּ֣שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and it returned	H7725 →
מִן־	min-	of	H4480 →
הָעָ֗ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙	u.she.Na.yim	and two	H8147 →
אֶ֔לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת	va.'a.Se.ret	and ten	H6235 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
נִשְׁאָֽרוּ׃ ס	nish.'A.ru	they remained	H7604 →

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Through
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
  Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Revelation 2:11
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Ephesians 5:5–6
  For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 22:15
  But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Revelation 20:14–15
  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Through
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
leads to
- Matthew 22:14
  For many are called, but few are chosen.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 19:30
  But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
Through
Revelation 17:14
They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
leads to
- Romans 8:30
  And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

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