32 So then, get up by night, you and the army that is with you, and lie in ambush in the field. 33 And in the morning at sunrise, get up and rush the city; and look, when he and the troops who are with him come out to you, ⌊you must act according to whatever opportunity offers itself⌋.y

34 So Abimelech and all the army that was with him got up by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four divisions.z 35 Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and Abimelech and the army that was with him got up from the ambush. 36 When Gaal saw the army, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the top of the mountains!” And Zebul said to him, “⌊The shadows of the mountains look like people to you⌋.”a 37 ⌊And Gaal spoke again⌋b and said, “Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one divisionc is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.”d 38 And Zebul said to him, “Where then ⌊is your boast⌋,e you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the army that you rejected? Please, go out now and fight against them.”f