judges 6 esv

36 Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 37 behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. ver. 19 So Gideon went into his house iand prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah2 of flour. 32 Therefore on that day Gideon3 was called sJerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar. General Epistles rDoes not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. 20 And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them (Z)on this rock, and (AA)pour the broth over them.” And he did so. 25That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water. 9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and tdrove them out before you and gave you their land. And the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. Verse. Tools. 16And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 40 And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew. 2 And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and # 1 Sam. The Gospels And the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. 18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. 8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them.” And he did so. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the Lord. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them. 35 xAnd he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. 9 And she said, “I will surely go with you. 20 And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them # ch. 14 And the Lord1 turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; bdo not I send you?” Do not fear; you shall not die.” Darby Translation, 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, o‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”. Judges 6:1–40 Midian Oppresses Israel. 21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. (AB)And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. 34 And the people of Israel ndid not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side, But the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon, and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. 22 And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple. Young's Literal Translation, 24 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel c to Shechem and d summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the L ord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, f your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, 1 Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and g they served other gods. Revised Standard Version, 39 Then Gideon said to God, (AQ)“Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. 21 Then the angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. 7 p And the people served the L ord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the L ord had done for Israel. Even a quick reading of Judges discloses its basic threefold division: (1) a prologue (1:1-- 3:6), (2) a main body (3:7-- 16:31) and (3) an epilogue (chs. When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. The New Testament