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JUD-6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the
LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven
years.
JUD-6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and]
because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the
dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
JUD-6:3 And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the
Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the
east, even they came up against them;
JUD-6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the
increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no
sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
JUD-6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and
they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and
their camels were without number: and they entered into the land
to destroy it.
JUD-6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the
Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
JUD-6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried
unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
JUD-6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,
which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the
house of bondage;
JUD-6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them
out from before you, and gave you their land;
JUD-6:10 And I said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have
not obeyed my voice.
JUD-6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an
oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the
Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress,
to hide [it] from the Midianites.
JUD-6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said
unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
JUD-6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be
with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all
his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the
LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
JUD-6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy
might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the
Midianites: have not I sent thee?
JUD-6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I
save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am]
the least in my father's house.
JUD-6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee,
and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
JUD-6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy
sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.
JUD-6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee,
and bring forth my present, and set [it] before thee. And he
said, I will tarry until thou come again.
JUD-6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and
unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto
him under the oak, and presented [it].
JUD-6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and
the unleavened cakes, and lay [them] upon this rock, and pour
out the broth. And he did so.
JUD-6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the
staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the
unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and
consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of
the LORD departed out of his sight.
JUD-6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the
LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an
angel of the LORD face to face.
JUD-6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear
not: thou shalt not die.
JUD-6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and
called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of
the Abiezrites.
JUD-6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said
unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second
bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal
that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
JUD-6:26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top
of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock,
and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which
thou shalt cut down.
JUD-6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as
the LORD had said unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared
his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could
not do [it] by day, that he did [it] by night.
JUD-6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning,
behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut
down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon
the altar [that was] built.
JUD-6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing?
And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of
Joash hath done this thing.
JUD-6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy
son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of
Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.
JUD-6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye
plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him,
let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] a
god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his
altar.
JUD-6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying,
Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his
altar.
JUD-6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the
children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and
pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
JUD-6:34 But the spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he
blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
JUD-6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who
also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher,
and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet
them.
JUD-6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by
mine hand, as thou hast said,
JUD-6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; [and]
if the dew be on the fleece only, and [it be] dry upon all the
earth [beside], then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by
mine hand, as thou hast said.
JUD-6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and
thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
fleece, a bowl full of water.
JUD-6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot
against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray
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