Cross Reference JUDGES 7:16 AND HE DIVIDED THE THREE HUNDRED MEN INTO THREE COMPANIES AND HE PUT A TRUMPET IN EVERY MAN'S HAND WITH EMPTY PITCHERS AND LAMPS WITHIN THE PITCHERS

{Judges 7:16} And he divided 2673 z8799 x853 the three 7969 hundred 3967 men 376 [into] three 7969 companies, 7218 and he put 5414 z8799 a trumpet 7782 in every man's x3605 hand, 3027 with empty 7386 pitchers, 3537 and lamps 3940 within 8432 the pitchers. 3537

three companies:
This small number of men, thus divided, would be able to encompass the whole camp of the Midianites. Concealing the lamps in the pitchers, they would pass unobserved to their appointed stations; then, in the dead of the night, when most of the enemy were fast asleep, all at once breaking their pitchers one against another, with as much noise as they could, and blowing the trumpets and shouting; they would occasion an exceedingly great alarm. The obedience of faith alone could have induced such an expedient, which no doubt God directed Gideon to employ. - Scott.

empty:
"Butª we haveª ° thisª treasureª inª earthenª vessels,ª thatª the¹ excellencyª of the¹ powerª may beª ° of God,ª andª notª ofª us.ª" {2Co 4:7}