Judges 7:6
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
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Gill's Exposition
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,.... That is, that took up water in the hollow of their hands, which they lifted up to their mouths, and so lapped it, as the…
Here, I. Gideon applies himself with all possible care and industry to do the part of a good general, in leading on the hosts of Israel against the Midianites (Jdg 7:1): He rose up early, as one whose…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
putting their hand to their mouth These words do not agree with Jdg 7:7, where -lappeth" is explained -with his tongue, as a dog lappeth"; they belong to those who -bowed down upon their knees to…