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| Judges 6:1 |
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight
of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. |
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| Judges 6:2 |
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And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel:
and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which
are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. |
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| Judges 6:3 |
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And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the
Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they
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| Judges 6:4 |
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And they encamped against them, and destroyed
the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for
Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. |
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| Judges 6:5 |
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For they came up with their cattle and their
tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels
were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. |
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| Judges 6:6 |
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And Israel was greatly impoverished because
of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. |
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| Judges 6:7 |
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, |
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| Judges 6:8 |
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That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children
of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought
you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; |
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| Judges 6:9 |
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And I delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from
before you, and gave you their land; |
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| Judges 6:10 |
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And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God;
fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed
my voice. |
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| Judges 6:11 |
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And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat
under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and
his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. |
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| Judges 6:12 |
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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him,
and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. |
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| Judges 6:13 |
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And Gideon said unto him, Oh my LORD, if the
LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles
which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?
but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. |
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| Judges 6:14 |
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And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in
this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have
not I sent thee? |
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| Judges 6:15 |
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And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith
shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least
in my father's house. |
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| Judges 6:16 |
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And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be
with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. |
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| Judges 6:17 |
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And he said unto him, If now I have found grace
in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. |
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| Judges 6:18 |
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Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come
unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I
will tarry until thou come again. |
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| Judges 6:19 |
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And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and
unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put
the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. |
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| Judges 6:20 |
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And the angel of God said unto him, Take the
flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the
broth. And he did so. |
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| Judges 6:21 |
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Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end
of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened
cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. |
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| Judges 6:22 |
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And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel
of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of
the LORD face to face. |
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| Judges 6:23 |
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And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee;
fear not: thou shalt not die. |
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| Judges 6:24 |
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Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD,
and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. |
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| Judges 6:25 |
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And it came to pass the same night, that the
LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of
seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut
down the grove that is by it: |
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| Judges 6:26 |
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And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon
the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer
a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. |
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| Judges 6:27 |
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Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and
did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's
household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did
it by night. |
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| Judges 6:28 |
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And when the men of the city arose early in
the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down
that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. |
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| Judges 6:29 |
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And they said one to another, Who hath done
this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash
hath done this thing. |
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| Judges 6:30 |
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Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring
out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and
because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. |
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| Judges 6:31 |
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And Joash said unto all that stood against him,
Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him
be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself,
because one hath cast down his altar. |
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| Judges 6:32 |
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Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. |
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| Judges 6:33 |
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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites
and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched
in the valley of Jezreel. |
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| Judges 6:34 |
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But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon,
and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. |
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| Judges 6:35 |
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And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh;
who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun,
and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. |
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| Judges 6:36 |
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And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save
Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, |
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| Judges 6:37 |
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Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the
floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth
beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast
said. |
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| Judges 6:38 |
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And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow,
and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl
full of water. |
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| Judges 6:39 |
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And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger
be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee,
but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon
all the ground let there be dew. |
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| Judges 6:40 |
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And God did so that night: for it was dry upon
the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. |
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