6:1 The
people
of
Israel
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
Midian
seven
years.
6:2 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
the
caves
and
the
strongholds.
6:3 For
whenever
the
Israelites
planted
crops,
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
the
people
of
the
East
would
come
up
against
them.
6:4 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.
6:5 For
they
would
come
up
with
their
livestock
and
their
tents;
they
would
come
like
locusts
in
number--both
they
and
their
camels
could
not
be
counted--so
that
they
laid
waste
the
land
as
they
came
in.
6:6 And
Israel
was
brought
very
low
because
of
Midian.
And
the
people
of
Israel
cried
out
for
help
to
the
LORD.
6:7 When
the
people
of
Israel
cried
out
to
the
LORD
on
account
of
the
Midianites,
6:8 the
LORD
sent
a
prophet
to
the
people
of
Israel.
And
he
said
to
them,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel:
I
led
you
up
from
Egypt
and
brought
you
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
6:9 And
I
delivered
you
from
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians
and
from
the
hand
of
all
who
oppressed
you,
and
drove
them
out
before
you
and
gave
you
their
land.
6:10 And
I
said
to
you,
'I
am
the
LORD
your
God;
you
shall
not
fear
the
gods
of
the
Amorites
in
whose
land
you
dwell.'
But
you
have
not
obeyed
my
voice."
6:11 Now
the
angel
of
the
LORD
came
and
sat
under
the
terebinth
at
Ophrah,
which
belonged
to
Joash
the
Abiezrite,
while
his
son
Gideon
was
beating
out
wheat
in
the
winepress
to
hide
it
from
the
Midianites.
6:12 And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
appeared
to
him
and
said
to
him,
"The
LORD
is
with
you,
O
mighty
man
of
valor."
6:13 And
Gideon
said
to
him,
"Please,
sir,
if
the
LORD
is
with
us,
why
then
has
all
this
happened
to
us
And
where
are
all
his
wonderful
deeds
that
our
fathers
recounted
to
us,
saying,
'Did
not
the
LORD
bring
us
up
from
Egypt'
But
now
the
LORD
has
forsaken
us
and
given
us
into
the
hand
of
Midian."
6:14 And
the
LORD
turned
to
him
and
said,
"Go
in
this
might
of
yours
and
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
Midian;
do
not
I
send
you"
6:15 And
he
said
to
him,
"Please,
Lord,
how
can
I
save
Israel
Behold,
my
clan
is
the
weakest
in
Manasseh,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my
father's
house."
6:16 And
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"But
I
will
be
with
you,
and
you
shall
strike
the
Midianites
as
one
man."
6:17 And
he
said
to
him,
"If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
then
show
me
a
sign
that
it
is
you
who
speak
with
me.
6:18 Please
do
not
depart
from
here
until
I
come
to
you
and
bring
out
my
present
and
set
it
before
you."
And
he
said,
"I
will
stay
till
you
return."
6:19 So
Gideon
went
into
his
house
and
prepared
a
young
goat
and
unleavened
cakes
from
an
ephah
of
flour.
The
meat
he
put
in
a
basket,
and
the
broth
he
put
in
a
pot,
and
brought
them
to
him
under
the
terebinth
and
presented
them.
6:20 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.
6:21 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.
And
fire
sprang
up
from
the
rock
and
consumed
the
meat
and
the
unleavened
cakes.
And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
vanished
from
his
sight.
6:22 Then
Gideon
perceived
that
he
was
the
angel
of
the
LORD.
And
Gideon
said,
"Alas,
O
Lord
GOD!
For
now
I
have
seen
the
angel
of
the
LORD
face
to
face."
6:23 But
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Peace
be
to
you.
Do
not
fear;
you
shall
not
die."
6:24 Then
Gideon
built
an
altar
there
to
the
LORD
and
called
it,
The
LORD
Is
Peace.
To
this
day
it
still
stands
at
Ophrah,
which
belongs
to
the
Abiezrites.
6:25 That
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
6:26 and
build
an
altar
to
the
LORD
your
God
on
the
top
of
the
stronghold
here,
with
stones
laid
in
due
order.
Then
take
the
second
bull
and
offer
it
as
a
burnt
offering
with
the
wood
of
the
Asherah
that
you
shall
cut
down."
6:27 So
Gideon
took
ten
men
of
his
servants
and
did
as
the
LORD
had
told
him.
But
because
he
was
too
afraid
of
his
family
and
the
men
of
the
town
to
do
it
by
day,
he
did
it
by
night.
6:28 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.
6:29 And
they
said
to
one
another,
"Who
has
done
this
thing"
And
after
they
had
searched
and
inquired,
they
said,
"Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
has
done
this
thing."
6:30 Then
the
men
of
the
town
said
to
Joash,
"Bring
out
your
son,
that
he
may
die,
for
he
has
broken
down
the
altar
of
Baal
and
cut
down
the
Asherah
beside
it."
6:31 But
Joash
said
to
all
who
stood
against
him,
"Will
you
contend
for
Baal
Or
will
you
save
him
Whoever
contends
for
him
shall
be
put
to
death
by
morning.
If
he
is
a
god,
let
him
contend
for
himself,
because
his
altar
has
been
broken
down."
6:32 Therefore
on
that
day
Gideon
was
called
Jerubbaal,
that
is
to
say,
"Let
Baal
contend
against
him,"
because
he
broke
down
his
altar.
6:33 Now
all
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
the
people
of
the
East
came
together,
and
they
crossed
the
Jordan
and
encamped
in
the
Valley
of
Jezreel.
6:34 But
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
clothed
Gideon,
and
he
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
the
Abiezrites
were
called
out
to
follow
him.
6:35 And
he
sent
messengers
throughout
all
Manasseh,
and
they
too
were
called
out
to
follow
him.
And
he
sent
messengers
to
Asher,
Zebulun,
and
Naphtali,
and
they
went
up
to
meet
them.
6:36 Then
Gideon
said
to
God,
"If
you
will
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
you
have
said,
6:37 behold,
I
am
laying
a
fleece
of
wool
on
the
threshing
floor.
If
there
is
dew
on
the
fleece
alone,
and
it
is
dry
on
all
the
ground,
then
I
shall
know
that
you
will
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
you
have
said."
6:38 And
it
was
so.
When
he
rose
early
next
morning
and
squeezed
the
fleece,
he
wrung
enough
dew
from
the
fleece
to
fill
a
bowl
with
water.
6:39 Then
Gideon
said
to
God,
"Let
not
your
anger
burn
against
me;
let
me
speak
just
once
more.
Please
let
me
test
just
once
more
with
the
fleece.
Please
let
it
be
dry
on
the
fleece
only,
and
on
all
the
ground
let
there
be
dew."
6:40 And
God
did
so
that
night;
and
it
was
dry
on
the
fleece
only,
and
on
all
the
ground
there
was
dew.