⁹ During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands.^(A)

¹⁵ When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped.^(A) He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”^(B)

²⁴ Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan^(A) ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”

So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

⁵ The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan^(A) leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,”