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Verse Judges 6:4. _ENCAMPED AGAINST THEM_] Wandering hordes of
Midianites, Amalekites, and Ishmaelites came, in the times of harvest
and autumn, and carried away their crops, their fruit, and their
ca...
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Gaza indicates the extreme point south to which they spread their
devastations, crossing the Jordan near Bethshan (Scythopolls), and
entering by the valley of Jezreel, and sweeping along the whole of...
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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 DEPREDATIONS OF THE MIDIANITES. D, whose phrases occur in Judges
6:1 f., Judges 6:6, sees in the ebb and flow of Israel's fortune an
index of their moral and spiritual condition. National sufferin...
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_Gaza_ in the far south-west, near the coast; a long way from the
Manassite district....
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_The Midianite oppression_
1 _._The Deuteronomic editor introduces a fresh subject in his
accustomed manner: cf. Judges 2:11; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:7; Judge
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Gideon of Manasseh and Abimelech Judges 6:1 to Judges 9:57
_Midian Oppresses Israel Judges 6:1-10_
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the
Lord delivered them into the h...
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_AND THEY ENCAMPED AGAINST THEM, AND DESTROYED THE INCREASE OF THE
EARTH, TILL THOU COME UNTO GAZA, AND LEFT NO SUSTENANCE FOR ISRAEL,
NEITHER SHEEP, NOR OX, NOR ASS._
No JFB commentary on this verse...
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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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UNTO GAZA] i.e. the whole country from the Jordan to the coast. Gaza
was a Philistine town on the SW. of Palestine which they did not
venture to pass....
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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 ENCAMPED AGAINST THEM. — It is not implied that there were any
battles. The Israelites were too wretched and helpless to offer any
resistance. These Arabs would swarm over the Jordan, at the ford...
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THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH
Judges 6:1
JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned
into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in
its true ca...
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AT THE MERCY OF MIDIAN
Judges 5:24; Judges 6:1
What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord
and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influence
of their li...
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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 they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth, till thou come unto (b) Gaza, and left no sustenance for
Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
(b) Even almost the whole cou...
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Blade. Hebrew, "the increase of the earth." They waited till the corn
was almost ripe, and what they could not carry off they destroyed.
(Calmet) --- It seems they had allowed Gedeon time to gather in...
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How hath the Holy Ghost marked with precision, this very state of
punishment which the Lord exercises over the sins of his people. See
Leviticus 26:16....
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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 ENCAMPED AGAINST THEM,.... Formed a camp, from whence they
sent out parties to plunder the people; or
"they were fixing their tents among them,''
as the Vulgate Latin version; and so the Ta...
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And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel,
neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Ver. 4. _And destroyed the increa...
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_The children of the east_ Probably the Ishmaelites, or Arabians,
especially the eastern part of them. _Unto Gaza_ That is, from the
east, on which side they entered, to the west, where Gaza was, near...
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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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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN...
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and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth, by wantonly plundering and devastating the harvest-fields, TILL
THOU COME UNTO GAZA, the raids thus extending across the entire...
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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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SHEEP:
Or, goat...
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1-6 Israel's sin was renewed, and Israel's troubles were repeated. Let
all that sin expect to suffer. The Israelites hid themselves in dens
and caves; such was the effect of a guilty conscience. Sin d...
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TILL THOU COME UNTO GAZA, i.e. from the east, on which side they
entered, to the west, where Gaza was near the sea; so they destroyed
the whole land....
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Judges 6:4 encamp H2583 (H8799) destroy H7843 (H8686) produce H2981
earth H776 far H935 (H8800) Gaza...
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‘ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth as far as Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep,
nor ox, nor ass.'
They took up temporary residence over a wid...
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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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_Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
_. .. _ and caves and strongholds._
DIVINE PUNISHMENT THROUGH NATURAL MEANS
Thus God gets at men through various means. The Midian...
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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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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:2 The Midianites oppressed the Israelites so
greatly that they were forced to live in DENS and CAVES, and they
couldn’t harvest their CROPS....
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_ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES.
Judges 6:1_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:1. DID EVIL, etc.] Not _continued_ to do
evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186). Deborah...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:1
MIDIAN. In Numbers 22:7 we read of the Midianites as allied with the
Moabites in their hostility to the children of Israel, and we find
them willing agents of Balaam s iniquitou...
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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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Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51; Genesis
10:19;...
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Unto Gaza — That is, from the east, on which side they entered, to
the well, where Gaza was, near the sea: so they destroyed the whole
land....