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Verse Judges 6:33. _THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES_] Hearing of what Gideon
had done, and apprehending that this might be a forerunner of attempts
to regain their liberty, they formed a general association a...
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A fresh invasion, and the last, of Midianites Amalekites, and Arabs
(see Judges 6:3). But the Israelites, instead of hiding in dens and
caves, and tamely leaving all their substance as pIunder to the...
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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 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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_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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_THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES AND THE AMALEKITES AND THE CHILDREN OF THE
EAST WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WENT OVER, AND PITCHED IN THE VALLEY
OF JEZREEL._
All the Midianites ... pitched in ... Jezreel. J...
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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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WERE GATHERED TOGETHER] on the E. of Jordan, for another raid into
Palestine, and 'went over' the river. THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL] leads up
from the Jordan to the plain of Esdraelon. Jezreel is the moder...
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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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THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES. — See Judges 6:3. They came down for their
usual annual raid to get the wheat which, doubtless, thousands besides
Gideon had been gathering in and threshing in secret places a...
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וְ כָל ־מִדְיָ֧ן וַ עֲמָלֵ֛ק וּ בְנֵי
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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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_Jezrael. The crossed the Jordan, probably at Bethsan, expecting to
find rich booty in this most fertile vale, where it is reported that
grass, or the plants, grow to such a size, that a man on horseb...
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The year of deliverance to Israel was come, and therefore the Lord
inclined the hearts of their enemies to gather together. See Judges
4:6; Micah 4:12....
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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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THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES, AND THE AMALEKITES, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE
EAST,.... The Arabians, Judges 6:3 were gathered together; not as
being alarmed with this fact of Gideon in destroying the altar of...
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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley
of Jezreel.
Ver. 33. _Then all the Midianites, &c._] In the wo...
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_Then all the Midianites were gathered together_, &c. As was their
usual custom every year, that they might waste the country. _And
pitched in the valley of Jezreel_ Not Jezreel in Judah, but another...
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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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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
East, all the enemy allies, WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WENT OVER,
passed over Jordan from the east, AND PITCHED IN THE VALLEY OF
JEZ...
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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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_ Not that Jezreel in Judah_, of which JOSHUA 15:56; but another in
the borders of Manasseh and Issachar, JOSHUA 17:16, JOSHUA 19:18,
which is not far distant from Ophrah, where Gideon dwelt, and now...
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GIDEON GOES FORTH IN THE NAME OF YAHWEH AND IS REDUCED TO THREE
HUNDRED MEN (JUDGES 6:33 TO JUDGES 7:8).
Judges 6:33
‘ Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of
the east assem...
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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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_The Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east._
THE VICTORY OVER THE MIDIANITES
The mind of man is by nature like two hostile camps. In the higher
region are principles of innocence...
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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 6:33_
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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1 Chronicles 5:19; 1 Kings 18:45; 1 Kings 21:1; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 8:
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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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Of Jezreel — Not Jezreel in Judah, but another in the borders of
Manasseh and Issachar, which was not far distant from Ophrah, where
Gideon dwelt....