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1 # And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> seven <07651> years <08141>.
2 And the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> prevailed <05810> (8799) against Israel <03478>: and because <06440> of the Midianites <04080> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> made <06213> (8804) them the dens <04492> which are in the mountains <02022>, and caves <04631>, and strong holds <04679>.
3 And so it was, when Israel <03478> had sown <02232> (8804), that the Midianites <04080> came up <05927> (8804), and the Amalekites <06002>, and the children <01121> of the east <06924>, even they came up <05927> (8804) against them;
4 And they encamped <02583> (8799) against them, and destroyed <07843> (8686) the increase <02981> of the earth <0776>, till thou come <0935> (8800) unto Gaza <05804>, and left <07604> (8686) no sustenance <04241> for Israel <03478>, neither sheep <07716>, nor ox <07794>, nor ass <02543>.
5 For they came up <05927> (8799) with their cattle <04735> and their tents <0168>, and they came <0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799) as <01767> grasshoppers <0697> for multitude <07230>; for both they and their camels <01581> were without number <04557>: and they entered <0935> (8799) into the land <0776> to destroy <07843> (8763) it.
6 And Israel <03478> was greatly <03966> impoverished <01809> (8735) because <06440> of the Midianites <04080> ; and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>.
7 # And it came to pass, when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8804) unto the LORD <03068> because <0182> of the Midianites <04080>,
8 That the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) a prophet <0376> <05030> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I brought you up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>, and brought you forth <03318> (8686) out of the house <01004> of bondage <05650>;
9 And I delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>, and out of the hand <03027> of all that oppressed <03905> (8801) you, and drave them out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> you, and gave <05414> (8799) you their land <0776>;
10 And I said <0559> (8799) unto you, I am the LORD <03068> your God <0430>; fear <03372> (8799) not the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>, in whose land <0776> ye dwell <03427> (8802): but ye have not obeyed <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>.
11 # And there came <0935> (8799) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, and sat <03427> (8799) under an oak <0424> which was in Ophrah <06084>, that pertained unto Joash <03101> the Abiezrite <033>: and his son <01121> Gideon <01439> threshed <02251> (8802) wheat <02406> by the winepress <01660>, to hide <05127> (8687) it from <06440> the Midianites <04080>.
 - ANGELS
12 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8735) unto him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The LORD <03068> is with thee, thou mighty <01368> man of valour <02428>.
 - ANGELS
13 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0113>, if <03426> the LORD <03068> be with us, why then is all this befallen <04672> (8804) us? and where be all his miracles <06381> (8737) which our fathers <01> told <05608> (8765) us of, saying <0559> (8800), Did not the LORD <03068> bring us up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>? but now the LORD <03068> hath forsaken <05203> (8804) us, and delivered <05414> (8799) us into the hands <03709> of the Midianites <04080>.
14 And the LORD <03068> looked <06437> (8799) upon him, and said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798) in this thy might <03581>, and thou shalt save <03467> (8689) Israel <03478> from the hand <03709> of the Midianites <04080> : have not I sent <07971> (8804) thee?
15 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>, wherewith <04100> shall I save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478>? behold, my family <0504> (8676) <0505> is poor <01800> in Manasseh <04519>, and I am the least <06810> in my father's <01> house <01004>.
16 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <05221> (8689) the Midianites <04080> as one <0259> man <0376>.
17 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, If now I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869> , then shew <06213> (8804) me a sign <0226> that thou talkest <01696> (8764) with me.
18 Depart <04185> (8799) not hence, I pray thee, until I come <0935> (8800) unto thee, and bring forth <03318> (8689) my present <04503>, and set <03240> (8689) it before <06440> thee. And he said <0559> (8799), I will tarry <03427> (8799) until thou come again <07725> (8800).
19 And Gideon <01439> went in <0935> (8804), and made ready <06213> (8799) a kid <05795> <01423> , and unleavened cakes <04682> of an ephah <0374> of flour <07058>: the flesh <01320> he put <07760> (8804) in a basket <05536>, and he put <07760> (8804) the broth <04839> in a pot <06517>, and brought it out <03318> (8686) unto him under the oak <0424>, and presented <05066> (8686) it.
20 And the angel <04397> of God <0430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>, and lay <03240> (8685) them upon this <01975> rock <05553>, and pour out <08210> (8798) the broth <04839>. And he did <06213> (8799) so.
21 Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> put forth <07971> (8799) the end <07097> of the staff <04938> that was in his hand <03027>, and touched <05060> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>; and there rose up <05927> (8799) fire <0784> out of the rock <06697>, and consumed <0398> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>. Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> departed <01980> (8804) out of his sight <05869>.
22 And when Gideon <01439> perceived <07200> (8799) that he was an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799), Alas <0162>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! for because <03651> I have seen <07200> (8804) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> face <06440> to face <06440>.
 - ANGELS
23 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Peace <07965> be unto thee; fear <03372> (8799) not: thou shalt not die <04191> (8799).
24 Then Gideon <01439> built <01129> (8799) an altar <04196> there unto the LORD <03068>, and called <07121> (8799) it Jehovahshalom <03073>: unto this day <03117> it is yet in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites <033>.
25 # And it came to pass the same night <03915>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) thy father's <01> young <06499> bullock <07794>, even the second <08145> bullock <06499> of seven <07651> years old <08141>, and throw down <02040> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> that thy father <01> hath, and cut down <03772> (8799) the grove <0842> that is by it:
26 And build <01129> (8804) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> upon the top <07218> of this rock <04581>, in the ordered place <04634>, and take <03947> (8804) the second <08145> bullock <06499>, and offer <05927> (8689) a burnt sacrifice <05930> with the wood <06086> of the grove <0842> which thou shalt cut down <03772> (8799) .
27 Then Gideon <01439> took <03947> (8799) ten <06235> men <0582> of his servants <05650>, and did <06213> (8799) as the LORD <03068> had said <01696> (8765) unto him: and so it was, because he feared <03372> (8804) his father's <01> household <01004>, and the men <0582> of the city <05892>, that he could not do <06213> (8800) it by day <03119>, that he did <06213> (8799) it by night <03915>.
28 And when the men <0582> of the city <05892> arose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>, behold, the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> was cast down <05422> (8795), and the grove <0842> was cut down <03772> (8795) that was by it, and the second <08145> bullock <06499> was offered <05927> (8717) upon the altar <04196> that was built <01129> (8803).
29 And they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>, Who hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>? And when they enquired <01875> (8799) and asked <01245> (8762), they said <0559> (8799), Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>.
30 Then the men <0582> of the city <05892> said <0559> (8799) unto Joash <03101>, Bring out <03318> (8685) thy son <01121>, that he may die <04191> (8799): because he hath cast down <05422> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168>, and because he hath cut down <03772> (8804) the grove <0842> that was by it.
31 And Joash <03101> said <0559> (8799) unto all that stood <05975> (8804) against him, Will ye plead <07378> (8799) for Baal <01168>? will ye save <03467> (8686) him? he that will plead <07378> (8799) for him, let him be put to death <04191> (8714) whilst it is yet morning <01242>: if he be a god <0430>, let him plead <07378> (8799) for himself, because one hath cast down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>.
32 Therefore on that day <03117> he called <07121> (8799) him Jerubbaal <03378>, saying <0559> (8800) , Let Baal <01168> plead <07378> (8799) against him, because he hath thrown down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>.
33 # Then all the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites <06002> and the children <01121> of the east <06924> were gathered <0622> (8738) together <03162>, and went over <05674> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>.
34 But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <03847> (8804) upon Gideon <01439>, and he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>; and Abiezer <044> was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him.
 - SPIRIT OF GOD
35 And he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> throughout all Manasseh <04519>; who also was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him: and he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> unto Asher <0836>, and unto Zebulun <02074> , and unto Naphtali <05321>; and they came up <05927> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) them.
36 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>, If thou wilt <03426> save <03467> (8688) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>, as thou hast said <01696> (8765),
37 Behold, I will put <03322> (8688) a fleece <01492> of wool <06785> in the floor <01637>; and if the dew <02919> be on the fleece <01492> only, and it be dry <02721> upon all the earth <0776> beside, then shall I know <03045> (8804) that thou wilt save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>, as thou hast said <01696> (8765) .
38 And it was so: for he rose up early <07925> (8686) on the morrow <04283>, and thrust <02115> <00> the fleece <01492> together <02115> (8799), and wringed <04680> (8799) the dew <02919> out of the fleece <01492>, a bowl <05602> full <04393> of water <04325>.
39 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>, Let not thine anger <0639> be hot <02734> (8799) against me, and I will speak <01696> (8762) but this once <06471>: let me prove <05254> (8762), I pray thee, but this once <06471> with the fleece <01492>; let it now be dry <02721> only upon the fleece <01492>, and upon all the ground <0776> let there be dew <02919>.
40 And God <0430> did <06213> (8799) so that night <03915>: for it was dry <02721> upon the fleece <01492> only, and there was dew <02919> on all the ground <0776>.