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Chapter 6
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Midian
seven
years.
2
And
the
hand
of
Midian
prevailed
against
Israel:
and
because
of
the
Midianites
the
children
of
Israel
made
them
the
dens
which
are
in
the
mountains,
and
caves,
and
strong
holds.
3
And
so
it
was,
when
Israel
had
sown,
that
the
Midianites
came
up,
and
the
Amalekites,
and
the
children
of
the
east,
even
they
came
up
against
them;
4
And
they
encamped
against
them,
and
destroyed
the
increase
of
the
earth,
till
thou
come
unto
Gaza,
and
left
no
sustenance
for
Israel,
neither
sheep,
nor
ox,
nor
ass.
5
For
they
came
up
with
their
cattle
and
their
tents,
and
they
came
as
grasshoppers
for
multitude;
for
both
they
and
their
camels
were
without
number:
and
they
entered
into
the
land
to
destroy
it.
6
And
Israel
was
greatly
impoverished
because
of
the
Midianites;
and
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
the
Lord.
7
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
the
Lord
because
of
the
Midianites,
8
That
the
Lord
sent
a
prophet
unto
the
children
of
Israel,
which
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
I
brought
you
up
from
Egypt,
and
brought
you
forth
out
of
the
house
of
bondage;
9
And
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
that
oppressed
you,
and
drave
them
out
from
before
you,
and
gave
you
their
land;
10
And
I
said
unto
you,
I
am
the
Lord
your
God;
fear
not
the
gods
of
the
Amorites,
in
whose
land
ye
dwell:
but
ye
have
not
obeyed
my
voice.
11
And
there
came
an
angel
of
the
Lord,
and
sat
under
an
oak
which
was
in
Ophrah,
that
pertained
unto
Joash
the
Abi-ezrite:
and
his
son
Gideon
threshed
wheat
by
the
winepress,
to
hide
it
from
the
Midianites.
12
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
unto
him,
and
said
unto
him,
The
Lord
is
with
thee,
thou
mighty
man
of
valour.
13
And
Gideon
said
unto
him,
Oh
my
Lord,
if
the
Lord
be
with
us,
why
then
is
all
this
befallen
us?
and
where
be
all
his
miracles
which
our
fathers
told
us
of,
saying,
Did
not
the
Lord
bring
us
up
from
Egypt?
but
now
the
Lord
hath
forsaken
us,
and
delivered
us
into
the
hands
of
the
Midianites.
14
And
the
Lord
looked
upon
him,
and
said,
Go
in
this
thy
might,
and
thou
shalt
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
the
Midianites:
have
not
I
sent
thee?
15
And
he
said
unto
him,
Oh
my
Lord,
wherewith
shall
I
save
Israel?
behold,
my
family
is
poor
in
Manasseh,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my
father’s
house.
16
And
the
Lord
said
unto
him,
Surely
I
will
be
with
thee,
and
thou
shalt
smite
the
Midianites
as
one
man.
17
And
he
said
unto
him,
If
now
I
have
found
grace
in
thy
sight,
then
shew
me
a
sign
that
thou
talkest
with
me.
18
Depart
not
hence,
I
pray
thee,
until
I
come
unto
thee,
and
bring
forth
my
present,
and
set
it
before
thee.
And
he
said,
I
will
tarry
until
thou
come
again.
19
And
Gideon
went
in,
and
made
ready
a
kid,
and
unleavened
cakes
of
an
ephah
of
flour:
the
flesh
he
put
in
a
basket,
and
he
put
the
broth
in
a
pot,
and
brought
it
out
unto
him
under
the
oak,
and
presented
it.
20
And
the
angel
of
God
said
unto
him,
Take
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes,
and
lay
them
upon
this
rock,
and
pour
out
the
broth.
And
he
did
so.
21
Then
the
angel
of
the
Lord
put
forth
the
end
of
the
staff
that
was
in
his
hand,
and
touched
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes;
and
there
rose
up
fire
out
of
the
rock,
and
consumed
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes.
Then
the
angel
of
the
Lord
departed
out
of
his
sight.
22
And
when
Gideon
perceived
that
he
was
an
angel
of
the
Lord,
Gideon
said,
Alas,
O
Lord
God!
for
because
I
have
seen
an
angel
of
the
Lord
face
to
face.
23
And
the
Lord
said
unto
him,
Peace
be
unto
thee;
fear
not:
thou
shalt
not
die.
24
Then
Gideon
built
an
altar
there
unto
the
Lord,
and
called
it
Jehovah-shalom:
unto
this
day
it
is
yet
in
Ophrah
of
the
Abi-ezrites.
25
And
it
came
to
pass
the
same
night,
that
the
Lord
said
unto
him,
Take
thy
father’s
young
bullock,
even
the
second
bullock
of
seven
years
old,
and
throw
down
the
altar
of
Baal
that
thy
father
hath,
and
cut
down
the
grove
that
is
by
it:
26
And
build
an
altar
unto
the
Lord
thy
God
upon
the
top
of
this
rock,
in
the
ordered
place,
and
take
the
second
bullock,
and
offer
a
burnt
sacrifice
with
the
wood
of
the
grove
which
thou
shalt
cut
down.
27
Then
Gideon
took
ten
men
of
his
servants,
and
did
as
the
Lord
had
said
unto
him:
and
so
it
was,
because
he
feared
his
father’s
household,
and
the
men
of
the
city,
that
he
could
not
do
it
by
day,
that
he
did
it
by
night.
28
And
when
the
men
of
the
city
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
the
altar
of
Baal
was
cast
down,
and
the
grove
was
cut
down
that
was
by
it,
and
the
second
bullock
was
offered
upon
the
altar
that
was
built.
29
And
they
said
one
to
another,
Who
hath
done
this
thing?
And
when
they
inquired
and
asked,
they
said,
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
hath
done
this
thing.
30
Then
the
men
of
the
city
said
unto
Joash,
Bring
out
thy
son,
that
he
may
die:
because
he
hath
cast
down
the
altar
of
Baal,
and
because
he
hath
cut
down
the
grove
that
was
by
it.
31
And
Joash
said
unto
all
that
stood
against
him,
Will
ye
plead
for
Baal?
will
ye
save
him?
he
that
will
plead
for
him,
let
him
be
put
to
death
whilst
it
is
yet
morning:
if
he
be
a
god,
let
him
plead
for
himself,
because
one
hath
cast
down
his
altar.
32
Therefore
on
that
day
he
called
him
Jerubbaal,
saying,
Let
Baal
plead
against
him,
because
he
hath
thrown
down
his
altar.
33
Then
all
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
the
children
of
the
east
were
gathered
together,
and
went
over,
and
pitched
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.
34
But
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon
Gideon,
and
he
blew
a
trumpet;
and
Abiezer
was
gathered
after
him.
35
And
he
sent
messengers
throughout
all
Manasseh;
who
also
was
gathered
after
him:
and
he
sent
messengers
unto
Asher,
and
unto
Zebulun,
and
unto
Naphtali;
and
they
came
up
to
meet
them.
36
And
Gideon
said
unto
God,
If
thou
wilt
save
Israel
by
mine
hand,
as
thou
hast
said,
37
Behold,
I
will
put
a
fleece
of
wool
in
the
floor;
and
if
the
dew
be
on
the
fleece
only,
and
it
be
dry
upon
all
the
earth
beside,
then
shall
I
know
that
thou
wilt
save
Israel
by
mine
hand,
as
thou
hast
said.
38
And
it
was
so:
for
he
rose
up
early
on
the
morrow,
and
thrust
the
fleece
together,
and
wringed
the
dew
out
of
the
fleece,
a
bowl
full
of
water.
39
And
Gideon
said
unto
God,
Let
not
thine
anger
be
hot
against
me,
and
I
will
speak
but
this
once:
let
me
prove,
I
pray
thee,
but
this
once
with
the
fleece;
let
it
now
be
dry
only
upon
the
fleece,
and
upon
all
the
ground
let
there
be
dew.
40
And
God
did
so
that
night:
for
it
was
dry
upon
the
fleece
only,
and
there
was
dew
on
all
the
ground.
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