Thematic Bible
Judges 6:1 (show verse)
And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Judges 6:2 (show verse)
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. And because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
Judges 6:3 (show verse)
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the sons of the east, they came up against them.
Judges 6:4 (show verse)
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
Judges 6:5 (show verse)
For they came up with their cattle and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number, and they came into the land to destroy it.
Judges 6:6 (show verse)
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to LORD.
Judges 6:7 (show verse)
And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried to LORD because of Midian,
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Judges 6:8 (show verse)
that LORD sent a prophet to the sons of Israel. And he said to them, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage.
Judges 6:9 (show verse)
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
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Judges 6:10 (show verse)
And I said to you, I am LORD your God. Ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell, but ye have not hearkened to my voice.
Judges 6:11 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite. And his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 6:12 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
Judges 6:13 (show verse)
And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if LORD is with us, then why has all this befallen us? And where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now LORD has cast us of
Judges 6:14 (show verse)
And LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent thee?
Judges 6:15 (show verse)
And he said to him, Oh, LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Judges 6:16 (show verse)
And LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Judges 6:17 (show verse)
And he said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou who talk with me.
Judges 6:18 (show verse)
Depart not from here, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Judges 6:19 (show verse)
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the flesh in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
Judges 6:20 (show verse)
And the agent of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Judges 6:21 (show verse)
Then the agent of LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the agent of L
Judges 6:22 (show verse)
And Gideon saw that he was the agent of LORD. And Gideon said, Alas, O lord LORD! Inasmuch as I have seen the agent of LORD face to face.
Judges 6:23 (show verse)
And LORD said to him, Peace be to thee. Fear not; thou shall not die.
Judges 6:24 (show verse)
Then Gideon built an altar there to LORD, and called it LORD-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 6:25 (show verse)
And it came to pass the same night, that LORD said to him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.
Judges 6:26 (show verse)
And build an altar to LORD thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shall cut down.
Judges 6:27 (show verse)
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as LORD had spoken to him. And it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Judges 6:28 (show verse)
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
Judges 6:29 (show verse)
And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.
Judges 6:30 (show verse)
Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
Judges 6:31 (show verse)
And Joash said to all who stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? Or will ye save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while [it is] morning. If he be a god, let him contend for himself because he has brok
Judges 6:32 (show verse)
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him because he has broken down his altar.
Judges 6:33 (show verse)
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east assembled themselves together. And they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges 6:34 (show verse)
But the Spirit of LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
Judges 6:35 (show verse)
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together after him. And he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.
Judges 6:36 (show verse)
And Gideon said to God, If thou will save Israel by my hand, as thou have spoken,
Judges 6:37 (show verse)
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor. If there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then I shall know that thou will save Israel by my hand as thou have spoken.
Judges 6:38 (show verse)
And it was so, for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.
Judges 6:39 (show verse)
And Gideon said to God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let t
Judges 6:40 (show verse)
And God did so that night, for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.