Judges 6:40
And God did so that night: for it was (q) dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (q) By which he was assured that it was a 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...
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 God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
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...
It was dry upon the fleece only. — Such a result as this — not being in accordance with natural circumstances — could only have arisen from direct...
"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...
REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I pause over this chapter, and in the view of Israel's repeated departures from the Lord God of their mercies, behol...
And God did so that night ,.... The night following, the night being the season in which the dew falls: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and t...
And God did so See how tender God is even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They are...
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...
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‘ And God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.' God graciously gave him his further sign. Nex...
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 God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground, as Gideon had asked. His request did not flow fr...
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...
And God did so — See how tender God is, even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They...
40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.