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Jud 7:14 Strong Concordance And his fellow [07453] answered [06030] and said [0559], This is nothing else save the sword [02719] of Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101], a man [0376] of Israel [03478]: for into his hand [03027] hath God [0430] delivered [05414] Midian [04080], and all the host [04264].
  King James And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon - The word rendered tumbled in Jdg 7:13, is rather descriptive of a sword brandished (compare Gen 3:24). Hence, the interpretation "the sword of Gideon." Hearing this dream and the interpretation would convince Gideon that he was indeed under the guidance of God, and so assure him of God's aid; and secondly, it would show him that a panic had already fallen npon the mind of the enemy.
 
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24 So he drove out [01644] the man [0120]; and he placed [07931] at the east [06924] of the garden [01588] of Eden [05731] Cherubims [03742], and a flaming [03858] sword [02719] which turned every way [02015], to keep [08104] the way [01870] of the tree [06086] of life [02416].
13 And when Gideon [01439] was come [0935], behold, there was a man [0376] that told [05608] a dream [02472] unto his fellow [07453], and said [0559], Behold, I dreamed [02492] a dream [02472], and, lo, a cake [06742] [06742] of barley [08184] bread [03899] tumbled [02015] into the host [04264] of Midian [04080], and came [0935] unto a tent [0168], and smote [05221] it that it fell [05307], and overturned [02015] [04605] it, that the tent [0168] lay along [05307].