The Bible Story - Volume IV - Chapter 49 - Basil Wolverton - 1964

Basil Wolverton

VICTORY EAST OF THE JORDAN, THE BATTLE was set in array. When the twelve thousand soldiers of Israel realized that they were marching into the vast jaws of superior numbers of oncoming Midianites, many of them momentarily may have felt like wheeling about and fleeing in the opposite direction. In those first frightful moments they felt what it would mean never to return to their camps and families. The Signal to Attack. Then came the shrill, piercing sounds of the silver trumpets of the Israelites. It was an instant and powerful reminder to the soldiers that their God was with them, and that He would protect and strengthen them — and take them all safely into Canaan as He had promised. (Numbers 14:29-31.) - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library