And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> did <H6213> evil <H7451> in the sight <H5869> of the LORD: <H3068> and the LORD <H3068> delivered <H5414> them into the hand <H3027> of Midian <H4080> seven <H7651> years. <H8141>
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And the hand <H3027> of Midian <H4080> prevailed <H5810> against Israel: <H3478> [and] because <H6440> of the Midianites <H4080> the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> made <H6213> them the dens <H4492> which [are] in the mountains, <H2022> and caves, <H4631> and strong holds. <H4679>
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And [so] it was, when Israel <H3478> had sown, <H2232> that the Midianites <H4080> came up, <H5927> and the Amalekites, <H6002> and the children <H1121> of the east, <H6924> even they came up <H5927> against them;
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And they encamped <H2583> against them, and destroyed <H7843> the increase <H2981> of the earth, <H0776> till thou come <H0935> unto Gaza, <H5804> and left <H7604> no sustenance <H4241> for Israel, <H3478> neither sheep, <H7716> nor ox, <H7794> nor ass. <H2543>
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For they came up <H5927> with their cattle <H4735> and their tents, <H0168> and they came <H0935> as <H1767> grasshoppers <H0697> for multitude; <H7230> [for] both they and their camels <H1581> were without number: <H4557> and they entered <H0935> into the land <H0776> to destroy <H7843> it.
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And Israel <H3478> was greatly <H3966> impoverished <H1809> because <H6440> of the Midianites; <H4080> and the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> cried <H2199> unto the LORD. <H3068>
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And it came to pass, when the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> cried <H2199> unto the LORD <H3068> because <H0182> of the Midianites, <H4080>
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That the LORD <H3068> sent <H7971> a prophet <H0376> <H5030> unto the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> which said <H0559> unto them, Thus saith <H0559> the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> I brought you up <H5927> from Egypt, <H4714> and brought you forth <H3318> out of the house <H1004> of bondage; <H5650>
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And I delivered <H5337> you out of the hand <H3027> of the Egyptians, <H4714> and out of the hand <H3027> of all that oppressed <H3905> you, and drave them out <H1644> from before <H6440> you, and gave <H5414> you their land; <H0776>
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And I said <H0559> unto you, I [am] the LORD <H3068> your God; <H0430> fear <H3372> not the gods <H0430> of the Amorites, <H0567> in whose land <H0776> ye dwell: <H3427> but ye have not obeyed <H8085> my voice. <H6963>
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And there came <H0935> an angel <H4397> of the LORD, <H3068> and sat <H3427> under an oak <H0424> which [was] in Ophrah, <H6084> that [pertained] unto Joash <H3101> the Abiezrite: <H0033> and his son <H1121> Gideon <H1439> threshed <H2251> wheat <H2406> by the winepress, <H1660> to hide <H5127> [it] from <H6440> the Midianites. <H4080>
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And the angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> appeared <H7200> unto him, and said <H0559> unto him, The LORD <H3068> [is] with thee, thou mighty <H1368> man of valour. <H2428>
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And Gideon <H1439> said <H0559> unto him, Oh <H0994> my Lord, <H0113> if the LORD <H3068> be <H3426> with us, why then is all this befallen <H4672> us? and where [be] all his miracles <H6381> which our fathers <H0001> told <H5608> us of, saying, <H0559> Did not the LORD <H3068> bring us up <H5927> from Egypt? <H4714> but now the LORD <H3068> hath forsaken <H5203> us, and delivered <H5414> us into the hands <H3709> of the Midianites. <H4080>
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And the LORD <H3068> looked <H6437> upon him, and said, <H0559> Go <H3212> in this thy might, <H3581> and thou shalt save <H3467> Israel <H3478> from the hand <H3709> of the Midianites: <H4080> have not I sent <H7971> thee?
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And he said <H0559> unto him, Oh <H0994> my Lord, <H0136> wherewith <H4100> shall I save <H3467> Israel? <H3478> behold, my family <H0504><H0505> [is] poor <H1800> in Manasseh, <H4519> and I [am] the least <H6810> in my father's <H0001> house. <H1004>
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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <H5221> the Midianites <H4080> as one <H0259> man. <H0376>
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And he said <H0559> unto him, If now I have found <H4672> grace <H2580> in thy sight, <H5869> then shew <H6213> me a sign <H0226> that thou talkest <H1696> with me.
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Depart <H4185> not hence, I pray thee, until I come <H0935> unto thee, and bring forth <H3318> my present, <H4503> and set <H3240> [it] before <H6440> thee. And he said, <H0559> I will tarry <H3427> until thou come again. <H7725>
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And Gideon <H1439> went in, <H0935> and made ready <H6213> a kid, <H5795> <H1423> and unleavened cakes <H4682> of an ephah <H0374> of flour: <H7058> the flesh <H1320> he put <H7760> in a basket, <H5536> and he put <H7760> the broth <H4839> in a pot, <H6517> and brought [it] out <H3318> unto him under the oak, <H0424> and presented <H5066> [it].
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And the angel <H4397> of God <H0430> said <H0559> unto him, Take <H3947> the flesh <H1320> and the unleavened cakes, <H4682> and lay <H3240> [them] upon this <H1975> rock, <H5553> and pour out <H8210> the broth. <H4839> And he did <H6213> so.
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Then the angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> put forth <H7971> the end <H7097> of the staff <H4938> that [was] in his hand, <H3027> and touched <H5060> the flesh <H1320> and the unleavened cakes; <H4682> and there rose up <H5927> fire <H0784> out of the rock, <H6697> and consumed <H0398> the flesh <H1320> and the unleavened cakes. <H4682> Then the angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> departed <H1980> out of his sight. <H5869>
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And when Gideon <H1439> perceived <H7200> that he [was] an angel <H4397> of the LORD, <H3068> Gideon <H1439> said, <H0559> Alas, <H0162> O Lord <H0136> GOD! <H3069> for because <H3651> I have seen <H7200> an angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> face <H6440> to face. <H6440>
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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto him, Peace <H7965> [be] unto thee; fear <H3372> not: thou shalt not die. <H4191>
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Then Gideon <H1439> built <H1129> an altar <H4196> there unto the LORD, <H3068> and called <H7121> it Jehovahshalom: <H3068> <H7965><H3073> unto this day <H3117> it [is] yet in Ophrah <H6084> of the Abiezrites. <H0033>
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And it came to pass the same night, <H3915> that the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto him, Take <H3947> thy father's <H0001> young <H6499> bullock, <H7794> even the second <H8145> bullock <H6499> of seven <H7651> years <H8141> old, and throw down <H2040> the altar <H4196> of Baal <H1168> that thy father <H0001> hath, and cut down <H3772> the grove <H0842> that [is] by it:
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And build <H1129> an altar <H4196> unto the LORD <H3068> thy God <H0430> upon the top <H7218> of this rock, <H4581> in the ordered place, <H4634> and take <H3947> the second <H8145> bullock, <H6499> and offer <H5927> a burnt sacrifice <H5930> with the wood <H6086> of the grove <H0842> which thou shalt cut down. <H3772>
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Then Gideon <H1439> took <H3947> ten <H6235> men <H0582> of his servants, <H5650> and did <H6213> as the LORD <H3068> had said <H1696> unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared <H3372> his father's <H0001> household, <H1004> and the men <H0582> of the city, <H5892> that he could not do <H6213> [it] by day, <H3119> that he did <H6213> [it] by night. <H3915>
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And when the men <H0582> of the city <H5892> arose early <H7925> in the morning, <H1242> behold, the altar <H4196> of Baal <H1168> was cast down, <H5422> and the grove <H0842> was cut down <H3772> that [was] by it, and the second <H8145> bullock <H6499> was offered <H5927> upon the altar <H4196> [that was] built. <H1129>
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And they said <H0559> one <H0376> to another, <H7453> Who hath done <H6213> this thing? <H1697> And when they enquired <H1875> and asked, <H1245> they said, <H0559> Gideon <H1439> the son <H1121> of Joash <H3101> hath done <H6213> this thing. <H1697>
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Then the men <H0582> of the city <H5892> said <H0559> unto Joash, <H3101> Bring out <H3318> thy son, <H1121> that he may die: <H4191> because he hath cast down <H5422> the altar <H4196> of Baal, <H1168> and because he hath cut down <H3772> the grove <H0842> that [was] by it.
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And Joash <H3101> said <H0559> unto all that stood <H5975> against him, Will ye plead <H7378> for Baal? <H1168> will ye save <H3467> him? he that will plead <H7378> for him, let him be put to death <H4191> whilst [it is yet] morning: <H1242> if he [be] a god, <H0430> let him plead <H7378> for himself, because [one] hath cast down <H5422> his altar. <H4196>
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Therefore on that day <H3117> he called <H7121> him Jerubbaal, <H3378> saying, <H0559> Let Baal <H1168> plead <H7378> against him, because he hath thrown down <H5422> his altar. <H4196>
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Then all the Midianites <H4080> and the Amalekites <H6002> and the children <H1121> of the east <H6924> were gathered <H0622> together, <H3162> and went over, <H5674> and pitched <H2583> in the valley <H6010> of Jezreel. <H3157>
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But the Spirit <H7307> of the LORD <H3068> came upon <H3847> Gideon, <H1439> and he blew <H8628> a trumpet; <H7782> and Abiezer <H0044> was gathered <H2199> after <H0310> him.
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And he sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> throughout all Manasseh; <H4519> who also was gathered <H2199> after <H0310> him: and he sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> unto Asher, <H0836> and unto Zebulun, <H2074> and unto Naphtali; <H5321> and they came up <H5927> to meet <H7125> them.
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And Gideon <H1439> said <H0559> unto God, <H0430> If thou wilt <H3426> save <H3467> Israel <H3478> by mine hand, <H3027> as thou hast said, <H1696>
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Behold, I will put <H3322> a fleece <H1492> of wool <H6785> in the floor; <H1637> [and] if the dew <H2919> be on the fleece <H1492> only, and [it be] dry <H2721> upon all the earth <H0776> [beside], then shall I know <H3045> that thou wilt save <H3467> Israel <H3478> by mine hand, <H3027> as thou hast said. <H1696>
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And it was so: for he rose up early <H7925> on the morrow, <H4283> and thrust the fleece <H1492> together, <H2115> and wringed <H4680> the dew <H2919> out of the fleece, <H1492> a bowl <H5602> full <H4393> of water. <H4325>
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And Gideon <H1439> said <H0559> unto God, <H0430> Let not thine anger <H0639> be hot <H2734> against me, and I will speak <H1696> but this once: <H6471> let me prove, <H5254> I pray thee, but this once <H6471> with the fleece; <H1492> let it now be dry <H2721> only upon the fleece, <H1492> and upon all the ground <H0776> let there be dew. <H2919>
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And God <H0430> did <H6213> so that night: <H3915> for it was dry <H2721> upon the fleece <H1492> only, and there was dew <H2919> on all the ground. <H0776>