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NASB | Judges 7:5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 7:5 So he brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon, "You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels down to drink." |
Subject: A certain way to drink-why? |
Bible Note: Doc I'm sorry if I confused the discussion with the use of the term 'complacent'. I went to my old (and sometimes dusty) Merriam-Webster dictionary. First, I double checked the spelling and it is correct for the word I was intending to use. Then, I double-checked to make sure I used the correct word to convey the meaning of my thought. The folks at Merriam reconfirmed that my use of the word 'complacent' does actually represent the meaning of the thought I was trying to convey: Complacent: 'unruffled or blasé satisfaction about the security of one's position or by careless acceptance of events around one' So, those 9,700 soldiers who drank 'like dogs' were 'complacent'. While, the 300 who drank by 'putting their hand to their mouth' were ever-vigilant. Also, you did ask me chapter and verse, so... Let's compare the characteristics of all three groups of soldiers to the 1 Peter 5:8 'Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for (someone) to devour.' Now, let's compare the quantity of soldiers to Mt 17:20 I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you' With an army the size of a mustard seed - just 300 (from 20,000) vigilant and dedicated soldiers, together with God, nothing was impossible. Or, you can take one Jesus, as opposed to thousands of Pharisees and scribes, and change the world. Last, yes, you are correct in that they may just have been the best dang horn-tooters around. They may have been the national champions of the bugle-segment of the local 'drum and bugle corp'. However, I think all of us would really have to insist that you provide chapter and verse to support that theory. Brian |