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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Judges 7:11

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the outside of the armed men that were in the host--"Armed," means embodied under the five officers established by the ordinary laws and usages of encampments. The camp seems to have been unprotected by any rampart, since Gideon had no difficulty in reaching and overhearing a conversation, so important to him.
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