The Period Of The Judges, How Gideon Formed His Attack on the Enemy Camp, Judges 7:16-20

The Period Of The Judges, How Gideon Formed His Attack on the Enemy Camp, Judges 7:16-20
And he divided the three hundred men, into three companies, one of which he commanded. He placed one hundred men in each company, partly to give the appearance of an organized army, with a right and left flank, and partly to fall upon the camp of Midian from three directions to give the impression that they were attempting to surround the camp. Gideon, by dividing his army, small as it was, into three companies would facilitate his deception because great armies (and that was the impression he wanted to make) were usually divided into the right wing, the left wing, and the main body of the army.