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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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THE MIDIANITE RAID, AND THE SIGN OF THE FLEECE. The broad and deep
Vale of Jezreel, lying between Gilboa and Moreh, leads up from Jordan
to the Great Plain.
Judges 6:34. Gideon now felt the Divine imp...
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The divine impulse has seized Gideon, he has called out his men, he is
ready to attack; but here he seems to be still at home, hesitating and
waiting to be convinced. In order of time these verses are...
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_The Midianite invasion; the sign of the fleece_
33 _.Then all the Midianites … assembled themselves_ Better, _Now
all the M.… had assembled themselves_. This verse may be connected
with Judges 6:7_;...
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DISCOURSE: 266
GIDEON’S FLEECE
Judges 6:36. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by
mine hand, as thou hast said, behold, I will put a fleece of wool in
the floor; and if the dew be on t...
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_Gideon's Signs Judges 6:36-40_
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 fle...
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GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES
The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is
more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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IT WAS DRY UPON THE FLEECE ONLY. — Such a result as this — not
being in accordance with natural circumstances — could only have
arisen from direct interposition. Besides the simple narrative, which
te...
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וַ יַּ֧עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֛ים כֵּ֖ן בַּ †
לַּ֣יְלָה...
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"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY"
Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1
ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises
sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and
holier...
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BEGINNING REFORM AT HOME
Judges 6:28
The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to
us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had
stood the divine test; can you wonder...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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And God did so that night: for it was (q) dry upon the fleece only,
and there was dew on all the ground.
(q) By which he was assured that it was a miracle of God....
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Ground. In these two miracles the Fathers observe, that the fleece
represented the Jewish nation, favoured with so many graces, while the
rest of the world was dry and barren; and that, when the latte...
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It is probable that those requests of Gideon were more for the
confirmation of the faith of his companions, than for his own; similar
to those questions which John the Baptist sent to Jesus. For they...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let you and I pause over this chapter, and in the view of
Israel's repeated departures from the Lord God of their mercies,
behold the picture of our own hearts. How often, how very...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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AND GOD DID SO THAT NIGHT,.... The night following, the night being
the season in which the dew falls:
FOR IT WAS DRY UPON THE FLEECE ONLY, AND THERE WAS DEW ON ALL THE
GROUND; and this might signify...
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Jdg. 6:37-40. _Concerning Gideon's fleece. _ There being first dew on
the fleece, when it was dry upon all the earth besides, and then dew
on all the ground, but dry upon the fleece, was a type of the...
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_And God did so_ See how tender God is even of the weak; and how ready
to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive.
They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God distingu...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground, as Gideon had asked. His request did
not flow from unbelief, but from the weakness of his flesh, wh...
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GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN
(vv.1-10)
However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord.
This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon
and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish
between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midi...
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Judges 6:40 God H430 did H6213 (H8799) night H3915 dry H2721 fleece
H1492 dew H2919 ground H776...
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‘ And God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground.' God graciously gave him his further
sign. Next morning the ground was covered in dew but the fleec...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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Judges 6:36
I. Gideon asked the Lord for a sign, thus showing that there was in
him that caution and waiting, for the want of which many a man has
mistaken his mission, and instead of doing the work o...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the
descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for
seven years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_I will put a fleece of wool in the floor._
GIDEON’S REQUEST
1. Impossible though it may be to acquit Gideon of unreasonableness,
in demanding farther proofs of the certainty wherewith he might rely...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:36 LAYING A FLEECE. Gideon’s desire to
TEST God directly violated Mosaic law ...
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CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:33_
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:33. THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES AND THE
AMALEKITES.] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3, and ch....
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:33
THE MIDIANITES, etc. See Judges 6:3, note. THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL.
Rather, _the_ _plain_,_ _"the great plain of Esdraelon," as the Book
of Judith styles it (Judith 1:8; see...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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Judges 6:40...
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GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST
Judges 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men
calling them to special service.
Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
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And God did so — See how tender God is, even of the weak; and how
ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very
expressive. They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God
disting...