Judges 6:23-25

Easy-to-Read Version

²³But the Lord said to Gideon, “Calm down!^[a] Don’t be afraid! You will not die!”^[b]

²⁴So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it “The Lord is Peace.” It still stands in the city of Ophrah, where the Abiezer family lives.

Gideon Tears Down the Altar of Baal

²⁵That same night the Lord said to Gideon, “Choose your father’s best bull, the one that is seven years old.^[c] First, use it to pull down the altar your father built to worship Baal. Also, cut down the Asherah pole beside the altar.

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Footnotes

Judges 6:23 Calm down Literally, “Peace.”
Judges 6:23 You will not die Gideon thought he would die because he had seen the Lord face to face.
Judges 6:25 Choose … seven years old This translation follows one ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has “Take the bull of the bull[s], the second bull, the seven-year-old one.” Adding different vowels to the Hebrew text gives a meaning similar to that in the translation above.