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Again
the Israelites
did evil in the sight of the
LORD;
so
He
delivered them into the hand of Midian for
seven years ,
And
the children
of
Israel
did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah:
and
Jehovah
delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years .
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel .
Because of the Midianites,
the Israelites
prepared
shelters
for
themselves
in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel ;
and
because of Midian
the children
of
Israel
made
them
the dens
which
are
in the mountains, and
the
caves, and the
strongholds.
Whenever
the
Israelites
would
plant
their
crops
, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other
people
of the east would
come
up and
invade
them ,
And
so
it
was
, when
Israel
had
sown,
that
the Midianites came
up
, and
the
Amalekites, and the
children
of the east ;
they
came
up against
them ;
encamping
against them as
far
as
Gaza
and destroying
the produce
of the land.
They
left Israel
with
no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen
nor donkeys
.
and
they
encamped
against them ,
and destroyed
the increase
of the earth,
till
thou
come
unto
Gaza,
and
left no sustenance in
Israel
, neither sheep ,
nor ox,
nor ass
.
For the
Midianites
came with their livestock
and their tents like
a
great
swarm
of
locusts .
They and their camels were innumerable,
and they entered
the land to ravage
it.
For they
came up
with their cattle
and their tents ;
they
came
in
as
locusts for
multitude;
both
they and their camels were without
number:
and they came
into
the land to destroy
it.
Israel was greatly
impoverished
by
Midian ,
and the Israelites
cried out
to
the
LORD
.
And
Israel was brought
very
low
because
of
Midian ;
and the children
of
Israel
cried unto
Jehovah
.
Now
when the Israelites
cried out
to
the
LORD
because of Midian,
And
it
came
to
pass,
when the children
of
Israel
cried unto
Jehovah
because of Midian,
He
sent them
a prophet ,
who
told
them, “This
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, says:
I brought you up out
of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
that
Jehovah
sent a prophet unto
the
children
of
Israel:
and
he
said
unto
them, Thus
saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and
brought
you
forth
out of the house of bondage;
I delivered you out of the hands
of Egypt
and all your
oppressors.
I
drove them out before you and gave you their land .
and
I delivered you out of the hand
of the
Egyptians,
and out
of
the
hand
of
all that
oppressed
you,
and
drove them out from
before you ,
and gave you their land ;
And I said to
you :
‘
I am the
LORD
your God .
You
must
not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you
dwell. ’
But you
did
not obey
Me
. ”
and I said unto
you ,
I am Jehovah
your God ;
ye
shall
not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell. But ye
have
not hearkened
unto
my
voice
.
Then
the angel of the
LORD
came and sat down
under the oak in Ophrah that belonged
to
Joash the Abiezrite ,
where
his son Gideon was threshing
wheat in a
winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
And
the angel of Jehovah
came ,
and sat under the oak which
was
in Ophrah ,
that pertained
unto
Joash the Abiezrite :
and
his son Gideon was beating
out
wheat in the
winepress ,
to hide it from the Midianites.
And the angel of the
LORD
appeared to
Gideon
and said, “The
LORD
is with you
, O
mighty man of valor. ”
And the angel of Jehovah
appeared unto
him,
and said unto
him
, Jehovah
is with thee
, thou
mighty man of valor.
“Please
, my Lord, ”
Gideon
replied,
“
if the
LORD
is with us, why has
all this happened
to
us? And where are all His wonders
of
which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has
not the
LORD
brought
us up out
of
Egypt? ’
But now the
LORD
has
forsaken
us and delivered us into the hand of Midian. ”
And
Gideon
said
unto
him
, Oh,
my lord, if Jehovah
is with us, why then
is
all this befallen
us? and where are all his wondrous
works
which our fathers told us of
, saying, Did
not Jehovah
bring
us up from
Egypt? but now Jehovah
hath
cast
us off,
and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
The
LORD
turned
to
him and said, “
Go in the
strength
you
have
and save Israel from the hand of Midian .
Am
I
not sending
you
? ”
And
Jehovah
looked
upon
him ,
and said, Go in this
thy
might,
and save Israel from the hand of Midian :
have
not I
sent
thee
?
“Please
, my
Lord
, ”
Gideon
replied
, “how
can
I save Israel? Indeed
, my clan
is the weakest
in Manasseh, and I am the youngest
in my father’s
house. ”
And
he
said
unto
him
, Oh
, Lord
, wherewith
shall
I save Israel? behold
, my family
is the poorest
in Manasseh, and I am the least
in my father's
house.
“
Surely I will be with you,”
the
LORD
replied
, “
and you
will
strike
down
all
the Midianites as one man. ”
And
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Surely I will be with thee
, and thou
shalt
smite
the Midianites as one man.
Gideon
answered
, “
If I have found favor in Your
sight, give
me a sign that it is You
speaking
with me.
And
he
said
unto
him
, If now
I have found favor in thy
sight, then
show
me a sign that it is thou
that
talkest
with me.
Please
do
not
depart from
this
place
until I return
to
You.
Let
me
bring my offering
and set
it before You
. ”
And the
LORD
said, “
I will stay
until you
return
. ”
Depart not
hence,
I
pray
thee,
until I come
unto
thee,
and
bring forth
my present,
and lay
it before thee
. And he
said, I will tarry
until thou
come
again
.
So
Gideon went in and prepared
a young
goat
and unleavened bread
and
an ephah of flour.
He
placed
the meat
in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them
out to
present
to
Him under the oak.
And
Gideon went in ,
and made
ready
a kid,
and unleavened cakes
of
an ephah of meal:
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
.
And the angel of God said to
him, “
Take the meat
and the unleavened bread
, lay them on
this rock, and pour out the broth. ”
And Gideon
did so.
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.
Then the angel of the
LORD
extended
the tip
of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat
and the unleavened bread.
And fire flared
from
the rock and consumed the meat
and the unleavened bread.
Then
the angel of the
LORD
vanished
from
his sight.
Then the angel of Jehovah
put
forth
the end
of the staff that was in his hand ,
and touched the flesh
and the unleavened cakes;
and there
went
up
fire out
of
the rock ,
and consumed the flesh
and the unleavened cakes;
and
the angel of Jehovah
departed
out
of
his sight.
When
Gideon realized
that it
was the angel of the
LORD,
he
said, “Oh
no
, Lord GOD
! I have seen the angel of the
LORD
face to face !”
And
Gideon saw
that he
was the angel of Jehovah;
and
Gideon
said, Alas
, O
Lord Jehovah
! forasmuch
as
I have seen the angel of Jehovah
face to face .
But
the
LORD
said to
him, “
Peace be with
you.
Do
not be
afraid,
for
you
will
not die. ”
And
Jehovah
said unto
him, Peace be unto
thee;
fear
not :
thou
shalt
not die.
So
Gideon built an altar to
the
LORD
there and called it The
LORD
Is
Peace.
To
this day it stands
in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Then
Gideon built an altar there unto
Jehovah,
and called it Jehovah-shalom:
unto
this day it is
yet
in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
On
that
very
night
the LORD
said to
Gideon
, “
Take your
father’s
young
bull
and
a
second bull
seven years old, tear
down your
father’s
altar to
Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole
beside
it .
And
it
came
to
pass
the same
night,
that
Jehovah
said unto
him
, Take thy
father's
bullock,
even
the
second bullock
seven years old, and
throw
down the
altar of
Baal that
thy
father
hath
, and cut down the Asherah that
is
by
it ;
Then
build a
proper
altar to
the
LORD
your
God on
the top of this stronghold .
And
with
the
wood
of
the Asherah
pole
you
cut
down
, take the second bull
and offer it
as
a burnt offering. ”
and
build an
altar unto
Jehovah
thy
God upon
the top of this stronghold ,
in
the orderly
manner
, and
take the second bullock,
and offer a burnt -
offering with
the
wood
of
the
Asherah
which
thou
shalt
cut
down
.
So
Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the
LORD
had told
him .
But
because he was
too
afraid
of
his father’s
household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather
than
in
the
daytime
.
Then
Gideon took ten men
of his servants ,
and did as Jehovah
had spoken
unto
him :
and
it
came
to
pass,
because he feared
his father's
household and the men of the city, so
that
he could
not
do
it
by
day,
that
he
did it by night.
When the men of the city got
up
in the morning, there
was
Baal’s
altar torn
down, with
the Asherah pole
cut down beside
it and the second bull
offered up
on
the newly
built
altar.
And
when the men of the city arose
early
in the morning, behold,
the
altar of
Baal
was
broken
down, and
the Asherah was
cut down that
was
by
it ,
and the second bullock
was
offered upon
the altar that
was
built
.
“Who
did
this?”
they said to
one another .
And after
they had
investigated
thoroughly
, they were
told
, “
Gideon son of Joash did
it
. ”
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
.
Then the men of the city said to
Joash, “
Bring out your
son .
He must
die, because he has
torn
down Baal’s
altar and cut down the Asherah pole
beside
it. ”
Then the men of the city said unto
Joash, Bring out thy
son ,
that
he may
die, because he hath
broken
down the
altar of
Baal,
and because
he
hath
cut down the Asherah that
was
by
it.
But
Joash said to
all who
stood against him, “Are
you
contending
for Baal? Are
you
trying
to
save him? Whoever
pleads
his
case
will be put to death by
morning !
If Baal
is
a god, let him contend for himself with
the
one who
has
torn
down his altar. ”
And
Joash said unto
all that
stood against him, Will
ye
contend
for Baal? Or
will
ye
save him? he
that
will contend
for
him,
let
him
be put to death whilst
`it
is
yet'
morning :
if he
be
a god, let him contend for himself ,
because
one hath
broken
down his altar.
So
on that day Gideon
was
called Jerubbaal, that
is
to
say
, “
Let Baal contend with
him, ”
because he had
torn
down Baal’s
altar.
Therefore
on that day he
called him
Jerubbaal, saying
, Let Baal contend against
him, because he hath
broken
down his
altar.
Then all the Midianites ,
Amalekites ,
and other
people
of the east gathered
together ,
crossed
over the
Jordan
, and camped
in the Valley of Jezreel.
Then all the Midianites and
the
Amalekites and the
children
of the east assembled
themselves
together ;
and
they
passed
over, and encamped
in the valley of Jezreel.
So
the Spirit of the
LORD
came upon Gideon ,
who
blew the
ram’s
horn
and rallied
the
Abiezrites
behind
him.
But
the Spirit of Jehovah
came upon Gideon ;
and
he
blew a
trumpet;
and Abiezer
was
gathered
together
after
him.
Calling
them
to
arms,
Gideon
sent messengers throughout Manasseh ,
as
well
as
Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali ,
so
that
they came up to meet him
.
And
he
sent messengers throughout all
Manasseh ;
and
they
also
were
gathered
together
after
him:
and
he
sent
messengers
unto
Asher, and
unto
Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali ;
and
they came up to meet them
.
Then
Gideon said to
God, “
If You
are
going
to
save Israel by my hand, as You
have
said
,
And
Gideon said unto
God, If thou
wilt
save Israel by my hand, as thou
hast
spoken
,
then
behold, I will place
a fleece of wool on the threshing floor .
If there is
dew only
on the fleece and all the ground is
dry
, then I will
know that You
are
going
to
save Israel by my hand, as You
have
said
. ”
behold, I will put
a fleece of wool on the threshing -
floor ;
if there be
dew on the fleece only,
and it
be
dry
upon
all the ground, then shall
I know that thou
wilt
save Israel by my hand, as thou
hast
spoken
.
And that
is
what
happened.
When
Gideon
arose
the next
morning
, he
squeezed
the fleece and wrung out
the dew —
a bowlful of water.
And it
was
so;
for
he
rose
up
early
on
the morrow
, and
pressed
the fleece together,
and wrung the dew out
of
the
fleece,
a bowlful of water.
Then
Gideon said to
God, “Do
not be angry
with
me;
let
me speak one
more
time.
Please
allow
me one
more
test
with the fleece .
This
time
let it be dry, and the ground covered
with
dew. ”
And
Gideon said unto
God, Let
not thine
anger
be kindled
against
me ,
and
I
will
speak but
this
once:
let
me make
trial,
I
pray
thee,
but
this
once
with the fleece ;
let it now
be dry only
upon
the
fleece
, and upon
all
the ground let
there
be
dew.
And that
night
God did so .
Only
the
fleece
was dry, and dew covered
the ground.
And God did so that
night:
for
it
was dry upon
the
fleece
only
, and there
was
dew on
all
the ground.
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