2 Kings 20:9; Exodus 4:1-9; Judges 6:14; Judges 6:17-20; Matthew 16:1; Psalms 103:13; Psalms 103:14
The caution of Gideon, desirous of being assured that he really had a promise from God, does not imply doubts as to God’s faithfulness or power to...
And Gideon said unto God, (p) If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, (p) This request proceeds not from infidelity, but that he m...
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 Gre...
God. See note on Judges 6:12 .
DISCOURSE: 266 GIDEON’S FLEECE Judges 6:36-40 . And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold, I wi...
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, If thou wilt save Israel - Gideon was very bold, and God was very...
Judges 6:36 , &c. And Gideon said unto God, &c.— This request, no doubt, was made to God in prayer, and was rather for the confirmatio...
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...
If thou wilt save Israel. — This diffidence and hesitation show the seriousness of the crisis. Gideon saw that by human strength alone he would be...
"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33-40 ; Judges 7:1-7 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out...
Beginning Reform at Home Judges 6:28-40 The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of...
After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the seve...
It is probable that those requests of Gideon were more for the confirmation of the faith of his companions, than for his own; similar to those questi...
And Gideon said unto God ,.... Not to a prophet of God who was there, of whom he asked the following signs to be done, as Ben Gersom, but to God in...
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Ver. 36. And Gideon said unto God. ] These signs he desired of...
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 the...
Gideon's Fleece. B. C. 1249. 33 Then...
Gideon said this in way of humble supplication, partly for the strengthening of his own faith, and partly for the greater encouragement of his sold...
‘ And Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.” ' Gideon is about to ask another sign. Note that the request is...
CHAPTER 6— Judges 6:33-40 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:33 . Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites. ] As to the...
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 n...
Judges 6:36-40 I. Gideon asked the Lord for a sign, thus showing that there was in him that caution and waiting, for the want of which many a man...
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 yea...
I will put a fleece of wool in the floor. Gideon’s request 1. Impossible though it may be to acquit Gideon of unreasonableness, in demanding fa...
EXPOSITION Judges 6:33 The Midianites , etc. See Judges 6:3 , note. The valley of Jezreel . Rather, the plain , "the great plain of...
Gideon Granted Special Signs
And Gideon said unto God, in asking a further confirmation of the success of his undertaking, If Thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as Thou hast sa...
Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them...
Gideon said — In a way of humble supplication, for the strengthening his own faith, and for the greater encouragement of his soldiers in this great...
36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,