1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 6:1 Jdg 2:11; 3:7,12; 4:1; 10:6; 13:1So the Lordhanded 6:1 Jos 11:8; Jdg 11:32; 12:3; 13:1; 1Sm 14:10,12them over to Midianseven years, 2 and they oppressed Israel. 6:2 Jdg 3:10Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places 6:2 1Sm 23:14,19; 1Ch 11:7; Is 33:16; Jr 48:41for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east 6:3 Gn 29:1; 1Kg 4:30; Is 11:14came and attacked them. 4 They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. 5 For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. 6:5 Jdg 7:12; Jr 46:23They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to lay waste to it. 6 So Israelbecame poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord. 6:6 Jdg 3:9,15; 4:3; 10:10
7 When the Israelites cried out to him because of Midian, 8 the Lordsent a prophet 6:8 Gn 20:7; Ex 7:1; Nm 11:29; 12:6; Dt 18:15,18,20,22; 34:10to them. He said to them, "This is what the Lord6:8 Ex 4:22; 5:1; Dt 6:4; Jos 7:13God of Israelsays: ‘I brought you out of Egyptand out of the place of slavery. 6:8 Ex 13:3,14; 20:2; Dt 5:6; 7:8; Jr 34:13; Mc 6:49 I rescued you from the power of Egyptand the power of all who oppressed 6:9 Ex 3:9; 1Sm 10:18; Ps 106:42you. I drove them out before you and gave you their land. 10 I said to you: I am the Lordyour God. Do not fear the gods of the Amorites whose land you live in. 6:10 Ex 23:24; Dt 7:16; 8:19; 11:16; Jos 24:14But you did not obey me.’ "
The Lord Calls Gideon
11 The angel of the Lord6:11 Ex 3:2came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, 6:11 Jos 18:23; Jdg 8:27,32which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideonwas threshing wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12 Then the angel of the Lordappeared to him and said, "The Lordis with you, valiant warrior." 6:12 Jos 1:14; 8:3; 2Kg 24:14; 1Ch 12:8
13 Gideonsaid to him, "Please, my lord, if the Lordis with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lordbrought us out of Egypt? ’ But now the Lordhas abandoned us and handed us over to Midian."
14 The Lordturned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the grasp of Midian. I am sending you! " 6:14 Ex 3:10; 1Sm 9:16; 16:1; Jr 1:7; 25:15; Ezk 2:3–4; Mal 4:5; Jn 20:21
15 He said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s family."
16 "But I will be with you," 6:16 Gn 26:3; Ex 3:12the Lordsaid to him. "You will strike Midiandown as if it were one man."
17 Then he said to him, "If I have found favor with you, 6:17 Gn 6:8; 18:3; Ex 33:12–13; Ru 2:2,10,13; Est 5:8; 7:3give me a sign 6:17 Ex 3:12; 1Sm 10:7,9; Is 7:11,14that you are speaking with me. 18 Please do not leave this place until I return to you. Let me bring my gift and set it before you."
And he said, "I will stay until you return."
19 So Gideonwent and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from a half bushel6:19 Lit an ephahof flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.
20 The angel of God 6:20 Gn 31:11; Ex 14:19; Jdg 13:6,9; 2Sm 14:17,20; 2Ch 36:16said to him, "Take the meat with the unleavened bread, put it on this stone, and pour the broth on it." So he did that.
21 The angel of the Lordextended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the Lordvanished from his sight.
22 When Gideonrealized that he was the angel of the Lord, he said, "Oh no, Lord God! 6:22 Jos 7:7; Jr 1:6; Ezk 4:14I have seen the angel of the Lordface to face! " 6:22 Gn 32:20; Ex 24:10–11; 33:19–23; Jdg 13:21–23; Is 6:5
23 But the Lordsaid to him, "Peace to you. Don’t be afraid, for you will not die." 24 So Gideonbuilt an altar to the Lordthere and called it The LordIs Peace. 6:24 = Yahweh-shalomIt is still in Ophrahof the Abiezrites today.
Gideon Tears Down a Baal Altar
25 On that very night the Lordsaid to him, "Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old. Then tear down the altar of Baal 6:25 Jdg 2:11,13; 10:6; 1Kg 18:21; 2Ch 33:3; Jr 2:23; Zph 1:4that belongs to your father and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. 26 Build a well-constructed altar to the Lordyour God on the top of this mound. 6:26 Neh 8:10; Ps 27:1; 37:39; Pr 10:29; Is 17:9–10Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down." 27 So Gideontook ten of his male servants and did as the Lordhad told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in the daytime, he did it at night.
28 When the men of the city got up in the morning, they found Baal’s altar torn down, the Asherah pole beside it cut down, and the second bull offered up on the altar that had been built. 29 They said to each other, "Who did this? " After they made a thorough investigation, they said, "Gideonson of Joashdid it."
30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son. He must die, because he tore down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it."
31 But Joashsaid to all who stood against him, "Would you plead Baal’s case for him? Would you save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead his own case because someone tore down his altar." 32 That day Gideonwas called Jerubbaal, since Joash said, "Let Baal contend with him," because he tore down his altar.
The Sign of the Fleece
33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Jezreel Valley. 6:33 Jos 17:16; 1Sm 29:1,11; 1Kg 21:1
34 The Spirit of the Lordenveloped 6:34 Lit clothed; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 24:20Gideon, 6:34 Jdg 3:10; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6,19; 15:14; 1Sm 10:6; 16:13–14and he blew the ram’s horn and the Abiezrites rallied behind him. 35 He sent messengers throughout all of Manasseh, who rallied behind him. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who also came to meet him.
36 Then Gideonsaid to God, "If you will deliver Israel by me, as you said, 37 I will put a wool fleece here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that you will deliver Israel by me, as you said." 38 And that is what happened. When he got up early in the morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung dew out of it, filling a bowl with water.
39 Gideonthen said to God, "Don’t be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me to make one more test with the fleece. Let it remain dry, and the dew be all over the ground." 40 That night God did as Gideon requested: only the fleece was dry, and dew was all over the ground.
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Midian
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מִדְיָןmidyanΜαδιάνMadian
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Amalek is the land of the Amalekites, who attacked Israel at Rephidim and were defeated by Joshua with the sword. They lived in the Negeb (Exodus 17:13).
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Midian is the land of Jethro, priest and father-in-law of Moses, and of the Midianites, who raided the crops of Israel until they were pursued by Gideon and his men (Judges 7:25).
Amalek is the land of the Amalekites, who attacked Israel at Rephidim and were defeated by Joshua with the sword. They lived in the Negeb (Exodus 17:13).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
The Valley of Jezreel is the valley where the Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern peoples camped after joining forces and crossing the Jordan, when Israel had been given into the hands of the Midianites (Judges 6:33).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).