# #220 | Shoftim ch.7 - Many in the Hands of the Few

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Published: 2026-06-29T02:37:00+00:00
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## Resource

This chapter depicts Gideon's stunning victory over an army far larger than his own. 300 men against 135,000 men. God insists that Gideon fight with a miniscule military force. Why? was it strategically or militarily motivated?

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