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Judges 3:28
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Israelite commander addresses the assembled troops in the hill country of Ephraim immediately after blowing the ram’s horn and being recognized as their leader.
The words — נָתַן (na.Tan) = he has given, and יְהוָה (Yah.weh) = Yahweh.
The thread — The motif of seizing river fords to block enemy movement appears in Judges 12:5, while the phrase “delivered into your hand” echoes Judges 7:9.
Why it lands — The text records the commander’s order to secure the Jordan crossings and prevent Moabite escape, presenting tactical control as the immediate result of claimed divine deliverance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
Cross-references
- Judges 12:5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
- Joshua 2:7 So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
- Judges 7:9 That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
- Judges 7:15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
- 1 Samuel 17:47 And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
- Judges 7:24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
- Judges 4:10 where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 7:17 “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.