“So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.”
So the troops took provisions and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley. — Gideon's final force composition emphasizes the stark military imbalance: 300 Israelites against the 'innumerable' Midianite raiders. The retention of 'provisions and their trumpets' indicates reliance on psychological (trumpet sounds) rather than military (weapons) tactics.
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