Judg 7:3

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Whosoever.

Deut 20:8; Matt 13:21; Luke 14:25-33; Rev 17:14; Rev 21:8

mount Gilead.

Gideon was certainly not at mount Gilead, east of Jordan at this time; but rather near mount Gilboa, west of Jordan. Calmet thinks there must either have been two Gileads, which does not appear from Scripture to have been the case, or that the Hebrew text is corrupt, and that for Gilead we should read Gilboa.

This reading, though adopted by Houbigant, is not confirmed by an MS. or version.

Dr. Hales endeavours to reconcile the whole, by the supposition that in Gideon's army there were many eastern Manassites from mount Gilead, near the Midianites; and therefore proposes to read, "Whosoever from mount Gilead is fearful and afraid, let him return (home) and depart early."

twenty.

Mt 20:16