4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Judge 6:30-40
30 The people of the town demanded of Joash,
“Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal’s altar and
cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
31 But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around
him, “Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever
fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he
can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar.”32 So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave
him the name Jerub-Baal[f] that day,
saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”
33 Now all the Midianites, Amalekites and other
eastern peoples joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the
Valley of Jezreel.34
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Gideon, and he
blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them
to arms, and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to
meet them.
36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel
by my hand as you have promised—37 look, I
will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the
fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by
my hand, as you said.”38 And that is what
happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out
the dew—a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry
with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the
fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with
dew.”40 That night God did so. Only the
fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.
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