Judges 7:3

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Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.

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Hebrew words

וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258קְרָאkera'proclaimH7121נָאna'pleaseH4994בְּאָזְנֵיbe'azeneiin [the] ears ofH241הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מִי־mi-who?H4310יָרֵאyare'[is] fearfulH3373וְחָרֵדvecharedand tremblingH2730יָשֹׁבyasholet him go backH7725וְיִצְפֹּרveyitzporand he may goH6852מֵהַרmeharfrom [the] mountain ofH2022הַגִּלְעָדhagil'ad<the> GileadH1568וַיָּשָׁבvaiyashovand it returnedH7725מִן־min-ofH4480הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971עֶשְׂרִים'esrimtwentyH6242וּשְׁנַיִםushenayimand twoH8147אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505וַעֲשֶׂרֶתva'aseretand tenH6235אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505נִשְׁאָרוּ׃ סnish'aruthey remainedH7604

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Related verses

Deuteronomy 20:8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
Revelation 17:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Luke 14:25-33
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Matthew 13:21
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

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Places: Mount Gilead