¹⁴ His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash,^(A) the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

²⁰ The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches^(A) in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword^(B) for the Lord and for Gideon!”