1 See ch. 2:19The people of Israeldid what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lordgave them into the hand of Gen. 25:2;Num. 25:17,18;Hab. 3:7Midianseven years. 2 And the hand of Midianoverpowered Israel, and because of Midianthe people of Israelmade for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and 1 Sam. 13:6;Heb. 11:38the caves and the strongholds. 3 For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianitesand ch. 3:13the Amalekitesand ver. 33;ch. 7:12;8:10;Gen. 29:1;1 Kgs. 4:30;Job 1:3the people of the Eastwould come up against them. 4 They would encamp against them [Lev. 26:16]; See Deut. 28:30-33, 51; Mic. 6:15and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. 5 For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come ch. 7:12like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. 6 And Israelwas brought very low because of Midian. And the people of IsraelSee ch. 3:9cried out for help to the Lord.
7 When the people of Israelcried out to the Lordon account of the Midianites, 8 the Lordsent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: 1 Sam. 10:18I led you up from Egyptand brought you out of the house of slavery. 9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptiansand from the hand of all who oppressed you, and Ps. 44:2,3drove them out before you and gave you their land. 10 And I said to you, ‘I am the Lordyour God; Josh. 24:15;See 2 Kgs. 17:35-38you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not obeyed my voice."
The Call of Gideon
11 Now the angel of the Lordcame and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joashch. 8:2;Josh. 17:2the Abiezrite, while his son Heb. 11:32Gideonwas beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And ch. 13:3;Luke 1:11;[Acts 10:3] the angel of the Lordappeared to him and said to him, Josh. 1:5"The Lordis with you, O mighty man of valor." 13 And Gideonsaid to him, "Please, my lord, if the Lordis with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are Ps. 89:49;Isa. 63:15all his wonderful deeds Ps. 44:1that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lordbring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lordhas forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian." 14 And the Lord6:14 Septuagint the angel of the Lord; also verse 16turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; 1 Sam. 12:11;[Josh. 1:9]do not I send you?" 15 And he said to him, [Ex. 3:11] "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, 1 Sam. 9:21;18:18my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house." 16 And the Lordsaid to him, Ex. 3:12;Josh. 1:5"But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianitesas one man." 17 And he said to him, Ex. 33:13"If now I have found favor in your eyes, then 2 Kgs. 20:8,9;Isa. 7:11;[ver. 36, 37]; See Ex. 4:1-8show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18 Please ch. 13:15;Gen. 18:3-5do 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."
19 So Gideonwent into his house Gen. 18:6-8and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah6:19 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 litersof 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. 20 And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them ch. 13:19on this rock, and [1 Kgs. 18:33,34]pour the broth over them." And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lordreached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. Lev. 9:24;1 Kgs. 18:38;2 Chr. 7:1And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the Lordvanished from his sight. 22 Then Gideonperceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideonsaid, ch. 13:21,22;[Gen. 32:30;Ex. 33:20;Deut. 5:26]"Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lordface to face." 23 But the Lordsaid to him, Dan. 10:19"Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die." 24 Then Gideonbuilt an altar there to the Lordand called it, [Gen. 22:14;Ex. 17:15;Ezek. 48:35] The LordIs Peace. To this day it still stands at ver. 11;ch. 8:27,32Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
25 That night the Lordsaid 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 ch. 3:7the Asherah that is beside it 26 and build an altar to the Lordyour God on the top of the Dan. 11:7,10,31(Heb.)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." 27 So Gideontook ten men of his servants and did as the Lordhad 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.
Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
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. 29 And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And after they had searched and inquired, they said, "Gideonthe son of Joashhas done this thing." 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." 31 But Joashsaid 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." 32 Therefore on that day Gideon6:32 Hebrew hewas called ch. 7:1;1 Sam. 12:11;[2 Sam. 11:21]Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.
33 Now ver. 3all the Midianitesand the Amalekitesand the people of the Eastcame together, and they crossed the Jordanand encamped in Josh. 17:16the Valley of Jezreel. 34 But See ch. 3:10the Spirit of the Lordclothed Gideon, ch. 3:27and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. 35 ch. 7:24And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. ch. 7:24And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.
The Sign of the Fleece
36 For ver. 36-40, see Ex. 4:1-7Then Gideonsaid 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. 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." 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. 39 Then Gideonsaid to God, Gen. 18:32"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." 40 And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
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Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֑בyaaqovΙακωβIakob
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)”
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).
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).
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)”
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).
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)”
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).
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).