Judges 7:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Take before them the waters unto Beth-barah, i.e. the passes over those waters to which they are like to come. And Jordan; the fords of Jordan, which river they must pass over into their own country.

Judges 7:24

24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.