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His own tribe, Manasseh, and the three northern tribes of Asher,
Zebulon, and Naphtali hastened to join him. Issachar was probably
unable to do so, because the Midianites were encamped in the heart of...
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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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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 Great Plain.
Judges 6:34. Gideon now felt the Divine imp...
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In Judges 7:23 these tribes, with the exception of Zebulun, gather
together _after_the battle: here Gideon summons them _before_. It is
difficult to reconcile the two statements. Some notice of a gene...
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_The Midianite invasion; the sign of the fleece_
33 _.Then all the Midianites … assembled themselves_ Better, _Now
all the M.… had assembled themselves_. This verse may be connected
with Judges 6:7_;...
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_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_
11 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...
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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, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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THROUGHOUT ALL MANASSEH. — The loyalty with which his own clan, the
Abi-ezrites, rallied round him gave him a right to claim still wider
support.
ASHER. — This tribe, by faithfulness on this occasion,...
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וּ מַלְאָכִים֙ שָׁלַ֣ח בְּ כָל
־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַ
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"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY"
Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1
ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises
sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and
holier...
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BEGINNING REFORM AT HOME
Judges 6:28
The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to
us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had
stood the divine test; can you wonder...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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_Him. Hebrew, "them." (Menochius) --- The people readily obey the
summons, though many of them had not got the better of their fears,
chap. vii. 3. (Haydock)_...
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Though clothed and armed with the Spirit of the Lord, yet, as the Lord
is graciously pleased to work with human instruments, Gideon calls in
the Lord's people to his aid. And are we not taught to do t...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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AND HE SENT MESSENGERS THROUGH ALL MANASSEH,.... Of which tribe he
was; not only he called by the trumpet that part of the tribe, the
Abiezrites, who were within the sound of it, but the rest of the t...
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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.
Ver. 35. _And t...
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_All Manasseh_ On both sides of Jordan. _Unto Asher_, &c. Because
these tribes were nearest, and so could soonest join with him; and
were nearest the enemy also, (Judges 6:33,) and therefore were most...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also was gathered
after him; and he sent messengers unto Asher, who had held back from
Barak, AND UNTO ZEBULUN, AND UNTO NAPHTALI; AND THEY CAME UP...
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GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
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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 them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon
and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish
between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midi...
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THROUGHOUT ALL MANASSEH, on both sides of Jordan. UNTO ASHER, ZEBULUN,
AND NAPHTALI; because these tribes were nearest to him, and so could
soonest join with him; and were nearest the enemy also, JUDG...
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Judges 6:35 sent H7971 (H8804) messengers H4397 Manasseh H4519
gathered H2199 (H8735) behind H310 sent H7971 ...
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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 not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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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 years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_He blew a trumpet, and Abi-ezer was gathered after him._
THE MUSTER
And what did he do? He seized a trumpet and blew a blast so loud that
it startled the slumbering echoes of the hills, and stirred...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:33_
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:33. THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES AND THE
AMALEKITES.] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3, and ch....
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:33
THE MIDIANITES, etc. See Judges 6:3, note. THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL.
Rather, _the_ _plain_,_ _"the great plain of Esdraelon," as the Book
of Judith styles it (Judith 1:8; see...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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2 Chronicles 30:6...
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GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST
Judges 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men
calling them to special service.
Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
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All Manasseh — On Both sides of Jordan. Unto Asher, &c. — Because
these tribes were nearest, and so could soonest join with him; and
were nearest the enemy also, Judges 6:33, and therefore were most
s...