And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Gideon was come,.... With his servant, near and within hearing the talk and conversation of the outer guards or sentinels: there was
a man that told a dream unto his fellow; his comrade…
Barnes' Notes
A cake of barley bread - i. e. such a cake as could hardly be eaten by men, it was so vile: a term expressive of the contempt of the Midianites for the people of Israel. A tent - The tent, meaning,…
Gideon's army being diminished as we have found it was, he must either fight by faith or not at all; God therefore here provides recruits for his faith, instead of recruits for his forces.
I. He…
Cambridge Bible
Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo The phraseology recalls Gen 37:6 f., Gen 40:9 E. No doubt the two Midianites were lying in their tent: Gideon could listen without being seen.
a cake of barley bread…
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