Dual Panel1And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_: and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> seven <07651> years <08141>_.
2And the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> prevailed <05810> (8799) against Israel <03478>_: [and] because <06440> of the Midianites <04080> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> made <06213> (8804) them the dens <04492> which [are] in the mountains <02022>_, and caves <04631>_, and strong holds <04679>_. {prevailed: Heb. was strong}
3And [so] it was, when Israel <03478> had sown <02232> (8804)_, that the Midianites <04080> came up <05927> (8804)_, and the Amalekites <06002>_, and the children <01121> of the east <06924>_, even they came up <05927> (8804) against them;
4And they encamped <02583> (8799) against them, and destroyed <07843> (8686) the increase <02981> of the earth <0776>_, till thou come <0935> (8800) unto Gaza <05804>_, and left <07604> (8686) no sustenance <04241> for Israel <03478>_, neither sheep <07716>_, nor ox <07794>_, nor ass <02543>_. {sheep: or goat}
5For they came up <05927> (8799) with their cattle <04735> and their tents <0168>_, and they came <0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799) as <01767> grasshoppers <0697> for multitude <07230>_; [for] both they and their camels <01581> were without number <04557>_: and they entered <0935> (8799) into the land <0776> to destroy <07843> (8763) it.
6And Israel <03478> was greatly <03966> impoverished <01809> (8735) because <06440> of the Midianites <04080>_; and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>_.
7And it came to pass, when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8804) unto the LORD <03068> because <0182> of the Midianites <04080>_,
8That the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) a prophet <0376> <05030> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, which said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, I brought you up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>_, and brought you forth <03318> (8686) out of the house <01004> of bondage <05650>_; {a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet}
9And I delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>_, and out of the hand <03027> of all that oppressed <03905> (8801) you, and drave them out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> you, and gave <05414> (8799) you their land <0776>_;
10And I said <0559> (8799) unto you, I [am] the LORD <03068> your God <0430>_; fear <03372> (8799) not the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>_, in whose land <0776> ye dwell <03427> (8802)_: but ye have not obeyed <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>_.
11And there came <0935> (8799) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>_, and sat <03427> (8799) under an oak <0424> which [was] in Ophrah <06084>_, that [pertained] unto Joash <03101> the Abiezrite <033>_: and his son <01121> Gideon <01439> threshed <02251> (8802) wheat <02406> by the winepress <01660>_, to hide <05127> (8687) [it] from <06440> the Midianites <04080>_. {Gideon: Gr. Gedeon} {to hide...: Heb. to cause it to flee}
12And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8735) unto him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The LORD <03068> [is] with thee, thou mighty <01368> man of valour <02428>_.
13And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0113>_, if <03426> the LORD <03068> be with us, why then is all this befallen <04672> (8804) us? and where [be] all his miracles <06381> (8737) which our fathers <01> told <05608> (8765) us of, saying <0559> (8800)_, Did not the LORD <03068> bring us up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>_? but now the LORD <03068> hath forsaken <05203> (8804) us, and delivered <05414> (8799) us into the hands <03709> of the Midianites <04080>_.
14And the LORD <03068> looked <06437> (8799) upon him, and said <0559> (8799)_, Go <03212> (8798) in this thy might <03581>_, and thou shalt save <03467> (8689) Israel <03478> from the hand <03709> of the Midianites <04080>_: have not I sent <07971> (8804) thee?
15And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>_, wherewith <04100> shall I save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478>_? behold, my family <0504> (8676) <0505> [is] poor <01800> in Manasseh <04519>_, and I [am] the least <06810> in my father's <01> house <01004>_. {my family...: Heb. my thousand is the meanest}
16And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <05221> (8689) the Midianites <04080> as one <0259> man <0376>_.
17And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, If now I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>_, then shew <06213> (8804) me a sign <0226> that thou talkest <01696> (8764) with me.
18Depart <04185> (8799) not hence, I pray thee, until I come <0935> (8800) unto thee, and bring forth <03318> (8689) my present <04503>_, and set <03240> (8689) [it] before <06440> thee. And he said <0559> (8799)_, I will tarry <03427> (8799) until thou come again <07725> (8800)_. {present: or, meat offering}
19And Gideon <01439> went in <0935> (8804)_, and made ready <06213> (8799) a kid <05795> <01423>_, and unleavened cakes <04682> of an ephah <0374> of flour <07058>_: the flesh <01320> he put <07760> (8804) in a basket <05536>_, and he put <07760> (8804) the broth <04839> in a pot <06517>_, and brought [it] out <03318> (8686) unto him under the oak <0424>_, and presented <05066> (8686) [it]. {a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats}
20And the angel <04397> of God <0430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>_, and lay <03240> (8685) [them] upon this <01975> rock <05553>_, and pour out <08210> (8798) the broth <04839>_. And he did <06213> (8799) so.
21Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> put forth <07971> (8799) the end <07097> of the staff <04938> that [was] in his hand <03027>_, and touched <05060> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>_; and there rose up <05927> (8799) fire <0784> out of the rock <06697>_, and consumed <0398> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>_. Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> departed <01980> (8804) out of his sight <05869>_.
22And when Gideon <01439> perceived <07200> (8799) that he [was] an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>_, Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799)_, Alas <0162>_, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_! for because <03651> I have seen <07200> (8804) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> face <06440> to face <06440>_.
23And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Peace <07965> [be] unto thee; fear <03372> (8799) not: thou shalt not die <04191> (8799)_.
24Then Gideon <01439> built <01129> (8799) an altar <04196> there unto the LORD <03068>_, and called <07121> (8799) it Jehovahshalom <03073>_: unto this day <03117> it [is] yet in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites <033>_. {Jehovahshalom: that is, The LORD send peace}
25And it came to pass the same night <03915>_, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) thy father's <01> young <06499> bullock <07794>_, even the second <08145> bullock <06499> of seven <07651> years old <08141>_, and throw down <02040> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> that thy father <01> hath, and cut down <03772> (8799) the grove <0842> that [is] by it: {even: or, and}
26And build <01129> (8804) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> upon the top <07218> of this rock <04581>_, in the ordered place <04634>_, and take <03947> (8804) the second <08145> bullock <06499>_, and offer <05927> (8689) a burnt sacrifice <05930> with the wood <06086> of the grove <0842> which thou shalt cut down <03772> (8799)_. {rock: Heb. strong place} {in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner}
27Then Gideon <01439> took <03947> (8799) ten <06235> men <0582> of his servants <05650>_, and did <06213> (8799) as the LORD <03068> had said <01696> (8765) unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared <03372> (8804) his father's <01> household <01004>_, and the men <0582> of the city <05892>_, that he could not do <06213> (8800) [it] by day <03119>_, that he did <06213> (8799) [it] by night <03915>_.
28And when the men <0582> of the city <05892> arose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>_, behold, the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> was cast down <05422> (8795)_, and the grove <0842> was cut down <03772> (8795) that [was] by it, and the second <08145> bullock <06499> was offered <05927> (8717) upon the altar <04196> [that was] built <01129> (8803)_.
29And they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>_, Who hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>_? And when they enquired <01875> (8799) and asked <01245> (8762)_, they said <0559> (8799)_, Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>_.
30Then the men <0582> of the city <05892> said <0559> (8799) unto Joash <03101>_, Bring out <03318> (8685) thy son <01121>_, that he may die <04191> (8799)_: because he hath cast down <05422> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168>_, and because he hath cut down <03772> (8804) the grove <0842> that [was] by it.
31And Joash <03101> said <0559> (8799) unto all that stood <05975> (8804) against him, Will ye plead <07378> (8799) for Baal <01168>_? will ye save <03467> (8686) him? he that will plead <07378> (8799) for him, let him be put to death <04191> (8714) whilst [it is yet] morning <01242>_: if he [be] a god <0430>_, let him plead <07378> (8799) for himself, because [one] hath cast down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>_.
32Therefore on that day <03117> he called <07121> (8799) him Jerubbaal <03378>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Let Baal <01168> plead <07378> (8799) against him, because he hath thrown down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>_. {Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead} {Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead}
33Then all the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites <06002> and the children <01121> of the east <06924> were gathered <0622> (8738) together <03162>_, and went over <05674> (8799)_, and pitched <02583> (8799) in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>_.
34But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <03847> (8804) upon Gideon <01439>_, and he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>_; and Abiezer <044> was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him. {came...: Heb. clothed} {gathered: Heb. called}
35And he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> throughout all Manasseh <04519>_; who also was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him: and he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> unto Asher <0836>_, and unto Zebulun <02074>_, and unto Naphtali <05321>_; and they came up <05927> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) them. {gathered: Heb. called}
36And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>_, If thou wilt <03426> save <03467> (8688) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>_, as thou hast said <01696> (8765)_,
37Behold, I will put <03322> (8688) a fleece <01492> of wool <06785> in the floor <01637>_; [and] if the dew <02919> be on the fleece <01492> only, and [it be] dry <02721> upon all the earth <0776> [beside], then shall I know <03045> (8804) that thou wilt save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>_, as thou hast said <01696> (8765)_.
38And it was so: for he rose up early <07925> (8686) on the morrow <04283>_, and thrust <02115> (0) the fleece <01492> together <02115> (8799)_, and wringed <04680> (8799) the dew <02919> out of the fleece <01492>_, a bowl <05602> full <04393> of water <04325>_.
39And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>_, Let not thine anger <0639> be hot <02734> (8799) against me, and I will speak <01696> (8762) but this once <06471>_: let me prove <05254> (8762)_, I pray thee, but this once <06471> with the fleece <01492>_; let it now be dry <02721> only upon the fleece <01492>_, and upon all the ground <0776> let there be dew <02919>_.
40And God <0430> did <06213> (8799) so that night <03915>_: for it was dry <02721> upon the fleece <01492> only, and there was dew <02919> on all the ground <0776>_.