new(i)
1
H1121
And the sons
H3478
of Israel
H6213 [H8799]
did
H7451
evil
H5869
in the eyes
H3068
of the LORD:
H3068
and the LORD
H5414 [H8799]
gave
H3027
them into the hand
H4080
of Midian
H7651
seven
H8141
years.
2
H3027
And the hand
H4080
of Midian
H5810 [H8799]
prevailed
H3478
against Israel:
H6440
and because
H4080
of the Midianites
H1121
the sons
H3478
of Israel
H6213 [H8804]
made
H4492
them the dens
H2022
which are in the mountains,
H4631
and caves,
H4679
and strong holds.
3
H3478
And so it was, when Israel
H2232 [H8804]
had sown,
H4080
that the Midianites
H5927 [H8804]
came up,
H6002
and the Amalekites,
H1121
and the sons
H6924
of the east,
H5927 [H8804]
even they came up against them;
4
H2583 [H8799]
And they encamped
H7843 [H8686]
against them, and decayed
H2981
the increase
H776
of the earth,
H935 [H8800]
till thou comest
H5804
to Gaza,
H7604 [H8686]
and left
H4241
no sustenance
H3478
for Israel,
H7716
neither sheep,
H7794
nor ox,
H2543
nor donkey.
5
H5927 [H8799]
For they came up
H4735
with their cattle
H168
and their tents,
H935 H935 [H8804]
and they came
H1767
as
H697
grasshoppers
H7230
for abundance;
H1581
for both they and their camels
H4557
were without number:
H935 [H8799]
and they entered
H776
into the land
H7843 [H8763]
to decay it.
6
H3478
And Israel
H3966
was greatly
H1809 [H8735]
impoverished
H6440
because
H4080
of the Midianites;
H1121
and the sons
H3478
of Israel
H2199 [H8799]
cried
H3068
to the LORD.
7
H1121
And it came to pass, when the sons
H3478
of Israel
H2199 [H8804]
cried
H3068
to the LORD
H182
because
H4080
of the Midianites,
8
H3068
That the LORD
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H376 H5030
a prophet
H1121
to the sons
H3478
of Israel,
H559 [H8799]
who said
H559 [H8804]
to them, Thus saith
H3068
the LORD
H430
God
H3478
of Israel,
H5927 [H8689]
I brought you up
H4714
from Egypt,
H3318 [H8686]
and brought you forth
H1004
from the house
H5650
of bondage;
9
H5337 [H8686]
And I delivered
H3027
you from the hand
H4714
of the Egyptians,
H3027
and from the hand
H3905 [H8801]
of all that oppressed
H1644 [H8762]
you, and drove them out
H6440
from the face of
H5414 [H8799]
you, and gave
H776
you their land;
10
H559 [H8799]
And I said
H3068
to you, I am the LORD
H430
your God;
H3372 [H8799]
fear
H430
not the gods
H567
of the Amorites,
H776
in whose land
H3427 [H8802]
ye dwell:
H8085 [H8804]
but ye have not obeyed
H6963
my voice.
11
H935 [H8799]
And there came
H4397
a messenger
H3068
of the LORD,
H3427 [H8799]
and sat
H424
under an oak
H6084
which was in Ophrah,
H3101
that pertained to Joash
H33
the Abiezrite:
H1121
and his son
H1439
Gideon
H2251 [H8802]
threshed
H2406
wheat
H1660
by the winepress,
H5127 [H8687]
to hide
H6440
it from
H4080
the Midianites.
12
H4397
And the messenger
H3068
of the LORD
H7200 [H8735]
appeared
H559 [H8799]
to him, and said
H3068
to him, The LORD
H1368
is with thee, thou mighty
H2428
man of valour.
13
H1439
And Gideon
H559 [H8799]
said
H994
to him, O
H113
my Sovereign,
H3426
if
H3068
the LORD
H4672 [H8804]
is with us, why then hath all this befallen
H6381 [H8737]
us? and where are all his miracles
H1
which our fathers
H5608 [H8765]
told
H559 [H8800]
us of, saying,
H3068
Did not the LORD
H5927 [H8689]
bring us up
H4714
from Egypt?
H3068
but now the LORD
H5203 [H8804]
hath forsaken
H5414 [H8799]
us, and given
H3709
us into the palms
H4080
of the Midianites.
14
H3068
And the LORD
H6437 [H8799]
looked
H559 [H8799]
upon him, and said,
H3212 [H8798]
Go
H3581
in this thy might,
H3467 [H8689]
and thou shalt liberate
H3478
Israel
H3709
from the palm
H4080
of the Midianites:
H7971 [H8804]
have not I sent thee?
15
H559 [H8799]
And he said
H994
to him, O
H136
my Sovereign,
H4100
how
H3467 [H8686]
shall I liberate
H3478
Israel?
H504 H505 [H8676]
behold, my family
H1800
is poor
H4519
in Manasseh,
H6810
and I am the least
H1
in my father's
H1004
house.
16
H3068
And the LORD
H559 [H8799]
said
H5221 [H8689]
to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite
H4080
the Midianites
H259
as one
H376
man.
17
H559 [H8799]
And he said
H4672 [H8804]
to him, If now I have found
H2580
grace
H5869
in thine eyes,
H6213 [H8804]
then show
H226
me a sign
H1696 [H8764]
that thou talkest with me.
18
H4185 [H8799]
Depart
H935 [H8800]
not from here, I pray thee, until I come
H3318 [H8689]
to thee, and bring forth
H4503
my present,
H3240 [H8689]
and set
H6440
it at the face of
H559 [H8799]
thee. And he said,
H3427 [H8799]
I will tarry
H7725 [H8800]
until thou comest again.
19
H1439
And Gideon
H935 [H8804]
went in,
H6213 [H8799]
and made ready
H5795 H1423
a kid,
H4682
and unleavened cakes
H374
of an ephah
H7058
of flour:
H1320
the flesh
H7760 [H8804]
he put
H5536
in a basket,
H7760 [H8804]
and he put
H4839
the broth
H6517
in a pot,
H3318 [H8686]
and brought it out
H424
to him under the oak,
H5066 [H8686]
and presented it.
20
H4397
And the messenger
H430
of God
H559 [H8799]
said
H3947 [H8798]
to him, Take
H1320
the flesh
H4682
and the unleavened cakes,
H3240 [H8685]
and lay
H1975
them upon this
H5553
rock,
H8210 [H8798]
and pour out
H4839
the broth.
H6213 [H8799]
And he did so.
21
H4397
Then the messenger
H3068
of the LORD
H7971 [H8799]
put forth
H7097
the end
H4938
of the staff
H3027
that was in his hand,
H5060 [H8799]
and touched
H1320
the flesh
H4682
and the unleavened cakes;
H5927 [H8799]
and there rose
H784
fire
H6697
out of the rock,
H398 [H8799]
and consumed
H1320
the flesh
H4682
and the unleavened cakes.
H4397
Then the messenger
H3068
of the LORD
H1980 [H8804]
departed
H5869
from his eyes.
22
H1439
And when Gideon
H7200 [H8799]
perceived
H4397
that he was a messenger
H3068
of the LORD,
H1439
Gideon
H559 [H8799]
said,
H162
Alas,
H136
O Sovereign
H3069
LORD!
H3651
for because
H7200 [H8804]
I have seen
H4397
a messenger
H3068
of the LORD
H6440
face
H6440
to face.
23
H3068
And the LORD
H559 [H8799]
said
H7965
to him, Peace
H3372 [H8799]
be to thee; fear
H4191 [H8799]
not: thou shalt not die.
24
H1439
Then Gideon
H1129 [H8799]
built
H4196
an altar
H3068
there to the LORD,
H7121 [H8799]
and called
H3073
it The LORD is Peace:
H3117
to this day
H6084
it is yet in Ophrah
H33
of the Abiezrites.
25
H3915
And it came to pass the same night,
H3068
that the LORD
H559 [H8799]
said
H3947 [H8798]
to him, Take
H1
thy father's
H6499
young
H7794
bull,
H8145
even the second
H6499
bull
H7651
of seven
H8141
years old,
H2040 [H8804]
and throw down
H4196
the altar
H1168
of Baal
H1
that thy father
H3772 [H8799]
hath, and cut down
H842
the grove that is by it:
26
H1129 [H8804]
And build
H4196
an altar
H3068
to the LORD
H430
thy God
H7218
upon the top
H4581
of this rock,
H4634
in the ordered place,
H3947 [H8804]
and take
H8145
the second
H6499
bull,
H5927 [H8689]
and offer
H5930
a burnt sacrifice
H6086
with the wood
H842
of the grove
H3772 [H8799]
which thou shalt cut down.
27
H1439
Then Gideon
H3947 [H8799]
took
H6235
ten
H582
men
H5650
of his servants,
H6213 [H8799]
and did
H3068
as the LORD
H1696 [H8765]
had said
H3372 [H8804]
to him: and so it was, because he feared
H1
his father's
H1004
household,
H582
and the men
H5892
of the city,
H6213 [H8800]
that he could not do
H3119
it by day,
H6213 [H8799]
that he did
H3915
it by night.
28
H582
And when the men
H5892
of the city
H7925 [H8686]
arose early
H1242
in the morning,
H4196
behold, the altar
H1168
of Baal
H5422 [H8795]
was cast down,
H842
and the grove
H3772 [H8795]
was cut down
H8145
that was by it, and the second
H6499
bull
H5927 [H8717]
was offered
H4196
upon the altar
H1129 [H8803]
that was built.
29
H559 [H8799]
And they said
H376
one
H7453
to another,
H6213 [H8804]
Who hath done
H1697
this thing?
H1875 [H8799]
And when they enquired
H1245 [H8762]
and asked,
H559 [H8799]
they said,
H1439
Gideon
H1121
the son
H3101
of Joash
H6213 [H8804]
hath done
H1697
this thing.
30
H582
Then the men
H5892
of the city
H559 [H8799]
said
H3101
to Joash,
H3318 [H8685]
Bring out
H1121
thy son,
H4191 [H8799]
that he may die:
H5422 [H8804]
because he hath cast down
H4196
the altar
H1168
of Baal,
H3772 [H8804]
and because he hath cut down
H842
the grove that was by it.
31
H3101
And Joash
H559 [H8799]
said
H5975 [H8804]
to all that stood
H7378 [H8799]
against him, Will ye plead
H1168
for Baal?
H3467 [H8686]
will ye liberate
H7378 [H8799]
him? he that will plead
H4191 [H8714]
for him, let him be put to death
H1242
by morning:
H430
if he is a god,
H7378 [H8799]
let him plead
H5422 [H8804]
for himself, because one hath cast down
H4196
his altar.
32
H3117
Therefore on that day
H7121 [H8799]
he called
H3378
him Jerubbaal,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H1168
Let Baal
H7378 [H8799]
plead
H5422 [H8804]
against him, because he hath thrown down
H4196
his altar.
33
H4080
Then all the Midianites
H6002
and the Amalekites
H1121
and the sons
H6924
of the east
H622 [H8738]
were gathered
H3162
together,
H5674 [H8799]
and went over,
H2583 [H8799]
and encamped
H6010
in the valley
H3157
of Jezreel.
34
H7307
But the Spirit
H3068
of the LORD
H3847 [H8804]
came
H1439
upon Gideon,
H8628 [H8799]
and he blew
H7782
a shofar;
H44
and Abiezer
H2199 [H8735]
was called
H310
after him.
35
H7971 [H8804]
And he sent
H4397
messengers
H4519
throughout all Manasseh;
H2199 [H8735]
who also was called
H310
after
H7971 [H8804]
him: and he sent
H4397
messengers
H836
to Asher,
H2074
and to Zebulun,
H5321
and to Naphtali;
H5927 [H8799]
and they came up
H7125 [H8800]
to meet them.
36
H1439
And Gideon
H559 [H8799]
said
H430
to God,
H3426
If thou wilt
H3467 [H8688]
liberate
H3478
Israel
H3027
by my hand,
H1696 [H8765]
as thou hast said,
37
H3322 [H8688]
Behold, I will put
H1492
a fleece
H6785
of wool
H1637
on the floor;
H2919
and if the dew
H1492
shall be on the fleece
H2721
only, and it shall be dry
H776
upon all the earth
H3045 [H8804]
besides, then shall I know
H3467 [H8686]
that thou wilt liberate
H3478
Israel
H3027
by my hand,
H1696 [H8765]
as thou hast said.
38
H7925 [H8686]
And it was so: for he rose early
H4283
on the next morning,
H2115 [H8799]
and pressed
H1492
the fleece,
H4680 [H8799]
and wrung
H2919
the dew
H1492
out of the fleece,
H5602
a bowl
H4393
full
H4325
of water.
39
H1439
And Gideon
H559 [H8799]
said
H430
to God,
H639
Let not thy anger
H2734 [H8799]
be hot
H1696 [H8762]
against me, and I will speak
H6471
but this once:
H5254 [H8762]
let me make a test,
H6471
I pray thee, but this once
H1492
with the fleece;
H2721
let it now be dry
H1492
only upon the fleece,
H776
and upon all the earth
H2919
let there be dew.