14. His friend replied, “It's the sword of the Israelite, Gideon son of Joash! It can't mean anything else! God has given him victory over Midian and our whole army!”
15. When Gideon heard about the man's dream and what it meant, he fell to his knees and worshipped the Lord. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up! The Lord is giving you victory over the Midianite army!”
16. He divided his 300 men into three groups and gave each man a trumpet and a jar with a torch inside it.
17. He told them, “When I get to the edge of the camp, watch me, and do what I do.
18. When my group and I blow our trumpets, then you blow yours all round the camp and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’ ”
19. Gideon and his hundred men came to the edge of the camp a short while before midnight, just after the guard had been changed. Then they blew the trumpets and broke the jars they were holding,
20. and the other two groups did the same. They all held the torches in their left-hands, the trumpets in their right, and shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
21. Every man stood in his place round the camp, and the whole enemy army ran away yelling.