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- Three hundred carries no symbolic meaning in Scripture, but it is the number in Gideon’s army, and Judges 7:2 states the reason outright.
- Thirty-two thousand was too many, “or Israel would boast against me.” Twenty-two thousand leave, and ten thousand is still too many.
- The lapping test separates three hundred, and the text never explains what the difference indicated. A criterion with no obvious merit suits the point being made.
- The three hundred do not fight. They surround the camp at night with trumpets, jars and torches, and the Midianites turn on each other in the dark.
- Elsewhere: the ark is three hundred cubits (Genesis 6:15), Samson’s three hundred foxes (Judges 15:4), and Mary’s perfume at three hundred denarii (John 12:5), objected to by a man the text says did not care about the poor.
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Sources: Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Judges 7:1-22; 15:4-5; Genesis 6:15; John 12:1-6; 1 Corinthians 1:27, 29). The long-standing disagreement over what the lapping test indicated is noted in commentary; the text supplies no explanation. Gematria is described as a rabbinic interpretive practice, which is what it is.
