And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
The outside of the armed men that were in the host. "Armed" х hachªmushiym (H2571); margin, in ranks by five, or embodied] - embodied under the five officers established by the ordinary laws and usages of encampments (see the note at Exodus 13:18, last clause). The camp seems to have been unprotected by any rampart, since Gideon had no difficulty in reaching and overhearing a conversation that was passing in one of them.