Judges 6 (NET)

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Judges 6:1¹The Israelites did evil in the Lord ’s sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 9:26-29 Judg 2:19-20 Deut 28:15-68 Judg 2:11 Judg 2:13-14 Num 25:15-18 Num 31:1-3 Lev 26:14-46 Ps 106:34-42 Gen 25:2

Judges 6:2²The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, caves, and strongholds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:6 Heb 11:38 1 Sam 14:11 Lev 26:17 Deut 28:47-48 Rev 6:15

Judges 6:3³Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:13 Judg 6:33 Judg 7:12 1 Kgs 4:30 Gen 29:1 Isa 65:21-22 Job 1:3 Judg 8:10 Deut 28:30-33 Deut 28:51

Judges 6:4⁴They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 26:16 Deut 28:51 Mic 6:15 Deut 28:33 Jer 49:9-10 Deut 28:30-31 Gen 10:19 Gen 13:10 Prov 28:3 Obad 1:5

Judges 6:5⁵When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 7:12 Judg 8:10 Isa 60:6 Isa 13:20 Jer 46:23 Jer 49:29 Jer 49:32 1 Sam 30:17 Judg 8:21 Ps 83:4-12

Judges 6:6⁶Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:9 Jer 5:17 Ps 106:43-44 Ps 50:15 Judg 3:15 Hos 5:15 Isa 26:16 Mal 1:4 Ps 78:34

Judges 6:7⁷When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 6:8⁸the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 20:5-32 Ps 136:10-16 Isa 63:9-14 Judg 2:1-3 Neh 9:9-12

Judges 6:9⁹I rescued you from Egypt’s power and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 44:2-3

Judges 6:10¹⁰I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living.” But you have disobeyed me.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 10:2 2 Kgs 17:35-39 Jer 9:13 Exod 20:2-3 Jer 3:13 Jer 3:25 Jer 42:21 Jer 43:4 Jer 43:7 Judg 2:2

Judges 6:11¹¹The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 17:2 Heb 11:32 Judg 13:3 Judg 8:2 Gen 16:7 Isa 63:9 Gen 48:16 Judg 13:18-20 Judg 2:1-5 Judg 6:14-16

Judges 6:12¹²The angel of the Lord appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:5 Luke 1:28 Judg 2:18 Josh 1:9 Judg 13:3 Exod 3:12 Luke 1:11 Acts 18:9-10 Matt 1:23 Matt 28:20

Judges 6:13¹³Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 77:7-9 2 Chr 15:2 Isa 59:1-2 Ps 44:1 Deut 30:17-18 Deut 31:17 Gen 25:22 Isa 41:17 Isa 63:15 Ps 78:3-4

Judges 6:14¹⁴Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, “You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:5-9 Heb 11:34 1 Sam 12:11 Judg 4:6 1 Chr 14:9-10 Heb 11:32

Judges 6:15¹⁵Gideon said to him, “But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 3:11 1 Sam 9:21 Exod 4:10 Jer 1:6 Eph 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 1 Sam 18:23 Jer 50:45 Luke 1:34 Mic 5:2

Judges 6:16¹⁶The Lord said to him, “Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:5 Acts 11:21 Exod 3:12 Mark 16:20 Isa 41:10 Isa 41:14-16 Matt 28:20 Judg 6:12

Judges 6:17¹⁷Gideon said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 86:17 Exod 33:13 Isa 7:11 Exod 33:16 Gen 15:8-17 Isa 38:7-8 Judg 6:36-40 Exod 4:1-9 2 Kgs 20:8-11

Judges 6:18¹⁸Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:5 Gen 18:3 Judg 13:15 Gen 19:3

Judges 6:19¹⁹Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:6-8 Lev 2:4 Judg 13:15-19

Judges 6:20²⁰God’s angel said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:33-34 Judg 13:19

Judges 6:21²¹The angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The angel of the Lord then disappeared.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 9:24 1 Kgs 18:38 2 Chr 7:1 1 Chr 21:26 Judg 13:20

Judges 6:22²²When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he said, “Oh no! Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face-to-face!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 32:30 Exod 33:20 Deut 5:26 John 1:18 Deut 5:24 Deut 5:5 Gen 16:13 Isa 6:5-8 John 12:41 Judg 13:21-23

Judges 6:23²³The Lord said to him, “You are safe! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 10:19 Gen 43:23 John 14:27 John 20:26 Gen 32:30 John 20:19 Ps 85:8 Rom 1:7

Judges 6:24²⁴Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 22:14 Exod 17:15 Ezek 48:35 Judg 8:32 Jer 33:16 Gen 33:20 Jer 23:6 Josh 22:10 Josh 22:26-28 Judg 21:4

Judges 6:25²⁵That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 34:13 2 Cor 6:15-17 Judg 3:7 Acts 5:29 Matt 10:37 1 Kgs 18:21 Matt 6:24 Acts 4:19 Deut 7:5 Gen 35:2

Judges 6:26²⁶Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:33 1 Cor 14:40 2 Sam 24:18

Judges 6:27²⁷So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:4 John 2:5 Deut 4:1 Gal 1:16 John 15:14 John 3:2 Matt 16:24 Ps 112:5

Judges 6:28²⁸When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 6:29²⁹They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Judges 6:30³⁰The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 26:9 John 16:2 Phil 3:6 Jer 26:11 Jer 50:38

Judges 6:31³¹But Joash said to all those who confronted him, “Must you fight Baal’s battles? Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause will die by morning! If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! After all, it was his altar that was pulled down.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:4 Eph 5:11 Jer 10:11 Jer 10:5 1 Kgs 18:27 1 Kgs 18:29 1 Kgs 18:40 Deut 13:5-18 Deut 17:2-7 Exod 23:2

Judges 6:32³²That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub Baal, because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 12:11 2 Sam 11:21 Judg 7:1 Hos 9:10 Jer 11:13

Judges 6:33³³All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 17:16 Judg 6:3 Isa 8:9-10 Ps 27:2-3 Rom 8:35-39 1 Chr 5:19 1 Kgs 18:45 1 Kgs 21:1 Job 1:3 Josh 19:18

Judges 6:34³⁴The Lord ’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 24:20 1 Chr 12:18 Judg 3:10 Judg 3:27 Rom 13:14 Ps 51:11 1 Cor 12:8-11 1 Sam 11:6 1 Sam 16:14 Gal 3:27

Judges 6:35³⁵He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 30:6-12 Judg 4:6

Judges 6:36³⁶Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 6:14 Matt 16:1 2 Kgs 20:9 Ps 103:13-14 Exod 4:1-9 Judg 6:17-20

Judges 6:37³⁷Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 14:5 Matt 15:24 Matt 10:5-6 Ps 72:6 Deut 32:2 Hos 6:3-4 Ps 147:19-20

Judges 6:38³⁸The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 35:7

Judges 6:39³⁹Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:32 Isa 50:2 Ps 107:33-35 Matt 21:43 Acts 13:46 Isa 35:6-7 Isa 43:19-20 Matt 8:12 Rom 11:12-22

Judges 6:40⁴⁰That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI