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Gideon's Army of Three Hundred

1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

2 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

4 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

Gideon's Dream

9 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp: 11 and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

Gideon Defeats Midian

15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon.

19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight. 22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.

24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. 25 And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan. — Judges 7 | American Standard Version (ASV) The American Standard Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 12:6; Genesis 14:15; Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:9; Joshua 2:24; Judges 3:28; Judges 6:5; Judges 6:35; Judges 8:4; Judges 8:7; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:9; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 26:6; 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 7:7; Psalm 90:4; Psalm 110:7; 2 Corinthians 4:7

Ottawa Real Estate Board Stats for November 2019-“Weather isn’t Cooling the Resale Market’’ What does 2020 hold for the Ottawa Market ?

Some Key points to take from the News Release Below and Ottawa Real Estate Market in November 2019:

-Ottawa Realtors sold 1,288 residential properties in November 2019 through the MLS system, compared with 1,161 in November 2018, a increase of 10.9%

-Out of the 1,288 sold units the breakdown is: 958 ​in the residential property class, a rise of 10.8% from a year ago, and 330 in the condominium property class, a increase of 12.2% from November 2018

-The average sale price of a residential class property sold in November 2019 in the Ottawa area was $501,201​, an increase of 16.9% compared over to November 2018

-The average sale price for a condominium class property in November 2019 was $313,734 an increase of 9.8% from this month last year.*

-The $350,000 to $499,999 range remains the most active price point in the residential market, accounting for 38.4​ % of home sales and 32% of residential sales were in the $500,000 to $750,000 price range.

-Between $225,000 to $349,999 was the most active price point in the condominium market for November 2019, accounting for almost 57.5 % of the units sold.

-Affordability and high rental costs is pushing people towards cost affective condos which is driving that market and as to why we see the more cost affective condos being sold more and more.

-We are still in a very strong sellers’ market and will continue this trend through into 2020

This November was a very busy month for Ottawa Real Estate as prices continue to rise and inventory continues to go down and with minimal snow and modest weather for the start of winter in the capital buyers were busy buying up a lot of properties throughout the city. This month we were involved in numerous bidding wars for homes on both side of the deal for buyers and sellers. This is not always the same for all homes or all parts of the city as not every home is having a bidding war and depends on the location and pricing of the listing and why it is very important to speak with someone in the industry to get a good idea of the market in your area before buying or selling.

Buying a home in today’s market is no easy task as you see a lot of people are not doing inspections or having a financing condition with the offer. It is never a good idea to buy a home without a inspection and one way you can still do an inspection without adding it as a condition is buy doing a pre-inspection. This means you set up a second showing at the home before the offer dates and bring your realtor and inspector and you do an inspection of the home during this time to learn all the defects and exactly what you are buying. There is a risk that you spend the money on the pre-inspection and then not get the home but I always feel this is a good risk to take as at least you can learn about the home and if you find something major wrong with the home you can feel good knowing you found out about it before buying the home as after all this is the biggest purchase you buy in your life and it is worth the $400 to find out what exactly you are buying into.

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https://www.soldbysorin.com/node/1077743

If you ever have any questions about the market or any real estate question in general please reach out to me anytime.