Judges 6:33-40

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Gideon Defeats Midian

³³ All the Midianites, the Amalekites, and other ·peoples from [^Lsons of] the east ·joined together [assembled; formed an alliance] and came across the Jordan River and camped in the Valley of Jezreel. ³⁴ But the Spirit of the Lord ·entered [empowered; came upon; clothed] Gideon, and he blew a trumpet to call the Abiezrites to follow him. ³⁵ He sent messengers to all of Manasseh, calling them to follow him. He also sent messengers to the people of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali. So they also went up to meet Gideon and his men.

³⁶ Then Gideon said to God, “·You said you would help me save Israel [^LIf you are about to deliver Israel by my hand, as you said…]. ³⁷ [^LLook; ^TBehold] I will put ·some wool [a wool fleece] on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the ·wool [fleece] but all of the ground is dry, then I will know that you will ·use me to save Israel [^Lsave Israel by my hand], as you said.” ³⁸ And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning and squeezed the ·wool [fleece], he got a full bowl of water from it.

³⁹ Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t ·be angry with [^Llet your anger burn against] me if I ask just one more thing. Please let me make one more test. Let only the ·wool [fleece] be dry while the ground around it gets wet with dew.” ⁴⁰ That night God did that very thing. Just the ·wool [fleece] was dry, but the ground around it was wet with dew.