SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:17
Y les dijo: Miradme a mí, y haced como yo hiciere; he aquí que cuando yo llegare al principio del campamento, como yo hiciere, así haréis vosotros.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And he said unto them, look on me, and do likewise , etc.] Observe what I do, and do the same, in blowing a trumpet, breaking a pitcher, and shouting with the words expressed by him: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp ; where the sentinels stood, and the watch was set: it shall be, that as I do, so shall ye do ; and not before; a trumpet was not to be blown, nor a pitcher broken, nor a torch held out, nor a word spoken, till just they came to the outside of the camp: and then they were to observe the motions of Gideon, and do as he did.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-22 - This method of defeating the Midianites may be alluded to, a exemplifying the destruction of the devil's kingdom in the world, by the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the sounding that trumpet, an the holding forth that light out of earthen vessels, for such are the ministers of the gospel, 2Co 4:6, 7. God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, a barley-cake to overthrow the tents of Midian, that the excellency of the power might be of God only. The gospel is a sword, not in the hand, but in the mouth: the sword of the Lord and of Gideon; of God and Jesus Christ, of Him that sits on the throne and the Lamb. The wicked are often led to avenge the cause of God upon each other, under the power of their delusions, and the fur of their passions. See also how God often makes the enemies of the church instruments to destroy one another; it is a pity that the church's friends should ever act like them.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 אליהם 413 ממני 4480 תראו 7200 וכן 3651 תעשׂו 6213 והנה 2009 אנכי 595 בא 935 בקצה 7097 המחנה 4264 והיה 1961 כאשׁר 834 אעשׂה 6213 כן 3651 תעשׂון׃ 6213
