¹And the men of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] said unto him, Why have youi served us thus, that youi called us not, when youi went to fight with the Midyanim [Strife] ? And they did quarrel with him sharply.

²And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] better than the vintage of Avi-ezer [My Father is Help] ?

³God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] has delivered into your hands the princes of Midyan [Strife] , ‘Orev [Raven] and Ze’ev [Wolf] : and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

⁴And Gid’on [Hewer] came to Yarden [Descender] , [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them] .

⁵And he said unto the men of Sukkot [Booths] , Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] , kings of Midyan [Strife] .

⁶And the princes of Sukkot [Booths] said, [Are] the hands of Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] now in youi hand, that we should give bread unto youi army?

⁷And Gid’on [Hewer] said, Therefore when the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has delivered Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

⁸And he went up there to P’nu’el [Facing God] , and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of P’nu’el [Facing God] answered him as the men of Sukkot [Booths] had answered [him] .

⁹And he spoke also unto the men of P’nu’el [Facing God] , saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

¹⁰Now Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] [were] in Karkor [Foundation] , and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men] , all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

¹¹And Gid’on [Hewer] went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Novach [Barking] and Yogbehah [Lofty] , and struck the host: for the host was secure.

¹²And when Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midyan [Strife] , Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] , and scattered (defeated in battle) all the host.

¹³And Gid’on [Hewer] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] returned from battle before the sun [was up] ,

¹⁴And caught a young man of the men of Sukkot [Booths] , and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Sukkot [Booths] , and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.

¹⁵And he came unto the men of Sukkot [Booths] , and said, Behold Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] , with whom you2f did upbraid me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] now in youi hand, that we should give bread unto youi men [that are] weary?

¹⁶And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Sukkot [Booths] .

¹⁷And he beat down the tower of P’nu’el [Facing God] , and killed the men of the city.

¹⁸Then said he unto Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] , What manner of men [were they] whom you2f killed at Tavor [Mound] ? And they answered, As youi [are] , so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.

¹⁹And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, if you2f had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

²⁰And he said unto Yeter [abundance] his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

²¹Then Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] said, Rise youi , and fall upon us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gid’on [Hewer] arose, and killed Zevach [Deprived of Protection] and Tzalmuna [Deprived of Protection] , and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels’ necks.

²²Then the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto Gid’on [Hewer] , Rule youi over us, both youi , and youi son, and youi son’s son also: for youi have delivered us from the hand of Midyan [Strife] .

²³And Gid’on [Hewer] said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall rule over you.

²⁴And Gid’on [Hewer] said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you2f would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Yishma’elim (Ishmaelites) [God will Hear] .)

²⁵And they answered, We will willingly give [them] . And they spread a garment, and did cast in it every man the earrings of his prey.

²⁶And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple clothing that [was] on the kings of Midyan [Strife] , and beside the chains that [were] about their camels’ necks.

²⁷And Gid’on [Hewer] made an ephod (vest) thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in ‘Ofrah [Fawn] : and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went there a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gid’on [Hewer] , and to his house.

²⁸Thus was Midyan [Strife] subdued before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gid’on [Hewer] .

²⁹And Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] went and dwelt in his own house.

³⁰And Gid’on [Hewer] had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

³¹And his concubine that [was] in Sh’khem [Shoulder] , she also bore him a son, whose name he called Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] .

³²And Gid’on [Hewer] the son of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] his father, in ‘Ofrah [Fawn] of the Avi’ezri [My Father is Help] .

³³And it came to pass, as soon as Gid’on [Hewer] was dead, that the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] turned again, and went a whoring after Ba’alim [lords (false gods)] , and made Ba’al-B’rit [lord of the covenant] their god.

³⁴And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] remembered not the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

³⁵Neither showed they kindness to the house of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] , [namely] , Gid’on [Hewer] , according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .