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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 evil in the sight of the LORD :
and
the
LORD
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 the Midianites the children
of
Israel
made
them
the
dens
which
are
in the mountains, and
caves, and strong
holds
.
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 ,
even
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 for
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 ,
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.
Israel was greatly impoverished by
Midian,
and the Israelites
cried out
to
the LORD.
And
Israel was greatly impoverished because
of
the
Midianites;
and the children
of
Israel
cried unto
the LORD.
Now
when the Israelites
cried out
to
the LORD because of Midian
,
And
it
came
to
pass,
when the children
of
Israel
cried unto
the LORD because of the
Midianites
,
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
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;
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
drave
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 the LORD your God ;
fear not
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell :
but ye
have
not obeyed
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
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.
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 the LORD appeared unto
him,
and said unto
him
, The LORD 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 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
.
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
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
?
“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
my Lord, wherewith
shall
I save Israel? behold
, my family
is poor
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
the
LORD
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 grace
in thy
sight, then
show
me a sign that thou
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 set 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 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
.
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 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.
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
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 .
But
the LORD said to
him, “
Peace be with
you.
Do
not be
afraid,
for
you
will
not die. ”
And
the LORD 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
the LORD ,
and called it Jehovahshalom:
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
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 :
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
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
.
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 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.
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
cast
down, and
the grove
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
cast
down the
altar of
Baal,
and because
he
hath
cut down the grove
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
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.
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 plead
against
him, because he hath
thrown
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 were
gathered together, and
went
over, and pitched
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 the LORD came upon Gideon, and
he
blew a
trumpet;
and Abiezer
was
gathered
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 ;
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
.
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 mine
hand, as thou
hast
said,
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 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.
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
thrust
the fleece together,
and wringed
the dew out
of
the
fleece,
a bowl
full
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 hot
against
me ,
and
I
will
speak but
this
once:
let
me prove,
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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