Remember that my father fought for you. He put his life in danger for you. He saved you from the power of Midian.

从前我父冒死为你们争战，救了你们脱离米甸人的手。

从前我父为你们争战，冒生命的危险救你们脱离米甸的手，

从前我父为你们争战，冒生命的危险救你们脱离米甸的手，

你们想想，从前我父亲为你们出生入死，从米甸人手中拯救你们。

我父亲从前冒死为你们争战，把你们从米甸人手中救了出来；

從前我父冒死為你們爭戰，救了你們脫離米甸人的手。

從前我父為你們爭戰，冒生命的危險救你們脫離米甸的手，

從前我父為你們爭戰，冒生命的危險救你們脫離米甸的手，

你們想想，從前我父親為你們出生入死，從米甸人手中拯救你們。

我父親從前冒死為你們爭戰，把你們從米甸人手中救了出來；

我父從前為你們爭戰，拋棄性命於不顧，援救了你們脫離米甸人的手；

昔我父冒死為爾戰、拯爾脫於米甸人手、

蓋我父為爾戰鬥、冒死不顧、援爾出米田人手、

我父昔為爾戰、冒死不顧、救爾脫於米甸人手、

Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.

for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian,

For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.

for my father fought for you, risked his life, and rescued you from Midian,

for my father fought for you, and risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;

for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

( for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you from the hand of Midian,

( For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.

( for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

They have put their lives in danger for me. I am thankful for them. So are all the Gentile churches.

They had victory over him by the blood the Lamb spilled for them. They had victory over him by speaking the truth about Jesus to others. They were willing to risk their lives, even if it led to death.

But here is how God has shown his love for us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Gideon and his 300 men were very tired. But they kept on chasing their enemies. They came to the Jordan River and went across it.Gideon said to the men of Sukkoth,“ Give my troops some bread. They are worn out. And I’m still chasing Zebah and Zalmunna. They are the kings of Midian.”But the officials of Sukkoth objected. They said,“ Have you already killed Zebah and Zalmunna? Have you cut their hands off and brought them back to prove it? If you haven’t, why should we give bread to your troops?”Gideon replied,“ The Lord will hand Zebah and Zalmunna over to me. When he does, I’ll tear your skin with thorns from desert bushes.”From there Gideon went up to Peniel. He asked its men for the same thing. But they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.So he said to the men of Peniel,“ I’ll be back after I’ve won the battle. Then I’ll tear down this tower.”Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor. They had an army of about 15,000 men. That’s all that were left of the armies of the tribes from the east. About 120,000 men who carried swords had died in battle.

“ Go. Gather together all the Jews who are in Susa. And fast for my benefit. Don’t eat or drink anything for three days. Don’t do it night or day. I and my attendants will fast just as you do. Then I’ll go to the king. I’ll do it even though it’s against the law. And if I have to die, I’ll die.”

Early in the morning Jerub- Baal and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. Jerub- Baal was another name for Gideon. The camp of Midian was north of Gideon’s camp. It was in the valley near the hill of Moreh.The Lord said to Gideon,“ I want to hand Midian over to you. But you have too many men for me to do that. Then Israel might brag,‘ My own strength has saved me.’So here is what I want you to announce to the army. Tell them,‘ Those who tremble with fear can turn back. They can leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So 22,000 men left. But 10,000 remained.The Lord said to Gideon,“ There are still too many men. So take them down to the water. There I will reduce the number of them for you. If I say,‘ This one will go with you,’ he will go. But if I say,‘ That one will not go with you,’ he will not go.”So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord said to him,“ Some men will drink the way dogs do. They will lap up the water with their tongues. Separate them from those who get down on their knees to drink.”Three hundred men brought up the water to their mouths with their hands. And they lapped it up the way dogs do. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.The Lord spoke to Gideon. He said,“ With the help of the 300 men who lapped up the water I will save you. I will hand the Midianites over to you. Let all the other men go home.”So Gideon sent those Israelites home. But he kept the 300 men. They took over the supplies and trumpets the others had left. The Midianites had set up their camp in the valley below where Gideon was.During that night the Lord said to Gideon,“ Get up. Go down against the camp. I am going to hand it over to you.But what if you are afraid to attack? Then go down to the camp with your servant Purah.Listen to what they are saying. After that, you will not be afraid to attack the camp.” So Gideon and his servant Purah went down to the edge of the camp.The Midianites had set up their camp in the valley. So had the Amalekites and all the other tribes from the east. There were so many of them that they looked like huge numbers of locusts. Like the grains of sand on the seashore, their camels couldn’t be counted.Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend about his dream.“ I had a dream,” he was saying.“ A round loaf of barley bread came rolling into the camp of Midian. It hit a tent with great force. The tent turned over and fell down flat.”His friend replied,“ That can only be the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash. Gideon is from Israel. God has handed the Midianites over to him. He has given him the whole camp.”Gideon heard the man explain what the dream meant. Then Gideon bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel. He called out,“ Get up! The Lord has handed the Midianites over to you.”Gideon separated the 300 men into three fighting groups. He put a trumpet and an empty jar into the hands of each man. And he put a torch inside each jar.“ Watch me,” he told them.“ Do what I do. I’ll go to the edge of the enemy camp. Then do exactly as I do.I and everyone with me will blow our trumpets. Then blow your trumpets from your positions all around the camp. And shout the battle cry,‘ For the Lord and for Gideon!’ ”Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the enemy camp. It was about ten o’clock at night. It was just after the guard had been changed. Gideon and his men blew their trumpets. They broke the jars that were in their hands.The three fighting groups blew their trumpets. They smashed their jars. They held their torches in their left hands. They held in their right hands the trumpets they were going to blow. Then they shouted the battle cry,“ A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”Each man stayed in his position around the camp. But all the Midianites ran away in fear. They were crying out as they ran.When the 300 trumpets were blown, the Lord caused all the men in the enemy camp to start fighting one another. They attacked one another with their swords. The army ran away to Beth Shittah toward Zererah. They ran all the way to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.Israelites from the tribes of Naphtali, Asher and all of Manasseh were called out. They chased the Midianites.Gideon sent messengers through the entire hill country of Ephraim. They said,“ Come on down against the Midianites. Take control of the waters of the Jordan River before they get there. Do it all the way to Beth Barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out. They took control of the waters of the Jordan all the way to Beth Barah.They also captured Oreb and Zeeb. Those men were two of the Midianite leaders. The men of Ephraim killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb. They killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites. And they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon. He was by the Jordan River.