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Verse 29. _GIDEON THE SON OF JOASH HATH DONE THIS THING._] They fixed
on him the more readily because they knew he had not joined with them
in their idolatrous worship....
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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 DESTRUCTION OF THE ALTAR OF BAAL. We have seen that after the
Conquest Yahweh was reverently and innocently called the Baal (Lord)
of the land, and that loyal Israelites gave their children Baal n...
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_Gideon overthrows the altar of Baal and receives the name
Jerub-baal_. This story has no connexion with the preceding narrative
Judges 6:11-24; for after Gideon had built the altar Jehovah-shalom
(Ju...
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THEY SAID, GIDEON THE SON OF JOASH HATH DONE THIS THING— There seems
to be no doubt, from God's choice of him, that Gideon was no
worshipper of Baal; and therefore the people, knowing this, very
readi...
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_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_
11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the...
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_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...
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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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THEY SAID. — We are not told that Gideon’s servants betrayed his
secret, but suspicion would naturally fall on so brave and prominent a
worshipper of Jehovah as Gideon was; and it is rarely that actio...
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GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER
Judges 6:15
"The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the
prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of
Ophrah. It is a persona...
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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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To what an awful length of apostasy must Israel have been arrived, to
condemn openly and without shame, one whose offence was zeal for
Jehovah' s honour, and a detestation of the worship of a dunghill...
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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 THEY SAID ONE TO ANOTHER, WHO HATH DONE THIS THING?.... They were
struck with amazement, and could not devise who could be so daring and
wicked as to do such an action:
AND WHEN THEY INQUIRED AND...
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And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this
thing.
Ver. 29. _Who hath clone this thing?_] They should h...
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_The bullock was offered_ Not upon Baal's altar, for which it was
designed, but upon an altar erected in contempt of Baal. _When they
inquired, they said_ Probably some of the persons employed in it....
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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 they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they
enquired and asked, searching for the man who might be guilty, THEY
SAID, either the searchers themselves upon strong suspicion, o...
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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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25-32 See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a
reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a
deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not
th...
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Which they might easily conjecture, partly by his known aversion from
the worship of Baal, and partly because no other person durst presume
to do such a thing; but they might more certainly learn it f...
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Judges 6:29 said H559 (H8799) one H376 another H7453 done H6213
(H8804) thing H1697 inquired H1875 ...
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‘ And they said one to another, “Who has done this thing?” And
when they enquired and asked, they said, “Gideon, the son of Joash,
has done this thing.” '
Gideon had made no attempt to hide the fact t...
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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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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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_Throw down the altar of Baal._
BAAL’S ALTAR DESTROYED
1. Observe God’s command to Gideon. He had been hitherto protesting
against the idolatry of his family and country by a life of
opposition, inas...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:24_
THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCE
CRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a
step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:25
THE SAME NIGHT, etc. The iron was hot; it was time to strike. As
regards what follows, there are two ways of understanding the verse.
One, that of the A.V; supposes that only o...
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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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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...