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Judges 8:5

MidianZalmunnaZebahMidianSuccoth

3 God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

4 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

6 But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”

7 “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

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BSB
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
KJV
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
WEB
He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
ASV
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
DARBY
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
BLB
And he said to the men of Succoth, “Give, please, loaves of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
ÅB
Da sa han til mennene i Sukkot: Kjære, gi de folk som følger meg, noen brød! De er trette, og jeg holder på å forfølge Sebah og Salmunna, midianittenes konger.
OTB
Han sa til mennene i Sukkot: «Vær så snill å gi brød til troppene mine, for de er trette, og jeg forfølger Sebah og Salmunna, kongene av Midjan.»
B1930
Da sa han til mennene i Sukkot: Kjære, gi de folk som følger mig, nogen brød! De er trette, og jeg holder på å forfølge Sebah og Salmunna, midianittenes konger.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 33:17

    but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

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  • Psalms 60:6

    God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

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  • Genesis 14:18

    Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —

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  • 2 Samuel 17:28–29

    They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

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  • Deuteronomy 23:4

    For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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  • 3 John 1:6–8

    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

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