Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 7:13
A cake — A weak and contemptible thing; and in itself as unable to overthrow a tent, as to remove a mountain; but being thrown by a divine hand, it bore down all before it.
A cake — A weak and contemptible thing; and in itself as unable to overthrow a tent, as to remove a mountain; but being thrown by a divine hand, it bore down all before it.
Verse Judges 7:13. _TOLD A DREAM_] Both the dream and the interpretation were inspired by God for the purpose of increasing the confidence of Gideon, and appalling his enemies....
A CAKE OF BARLEY BREAD - i. e. such a cake as could hardly be eaten by men, it was so vile: a term expressive of the contempt of the Midianites for the people of Israel. A TENT - The tent, meaning, p...
CHAPTER 7 THE VICTORY OF GIDEON _ 1. The sifting of Gideon's army (Judges 7:1)_ 2. The dream of the Midianite (Judges 7:9) 3. Victory through weakness (Judges 7:16) Gideon “the cutter down,” now al...
GIDEON'S VISIT TO THE MIDFANITE CAMP. The heroic leader was next encouraged, not by a dream of his own, but by one which he heard told at night in the camp of the enemy. The significant features of th...
BEHOLD... BEHOLD... LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (three times). App-6. A DREAM. See note on Genesis 20:3....
_Gideon visits the Midianite camp_ 9 _.the same night_ Probably the night of the day which began in Judges 7:1. _get thee down_ Here and in Judges 7:11 a AGAINST _the camp_, to attack it; in Judges 7...
_Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo_ The phraseology recalls Genesis 37:6 f., Genesis 40:9 E. No doubt the two Midianites were lying in their tent: Gideon could listen without being seen. _a cake of b...
AND WHEN GIDEON WAS COME, BEHOLD, &C.— However extraordinary this dream, and the interpretation of it, may appear; we must remember, that it was immediately inspired by God himself, to encourage Gideo...
_Gideon's Men Reduced to Three Hundred Judges 7:1-14_ Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the...
_AND WHEN GIDEON WAS COME, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN THAT TOLD A DREAM UNTO HIS FELLOW, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I DREAMED A DREAM, AND, LO, A CAKE OF BARLEY BREAD TUMBLED INTO THE HOST OF MIDIAN, AND CAME UNT...
A CAKE OF BARLEY BREAD] apparently a disk-like cake baked in the ashes: representing the Israelite peasants, as the tent represents the Midianite nomads....
THE ROUT OF MIDIAN 1-7. Gideon's choice of his Followers....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 7 V1 Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (Gideon) and his men camped at the *spring called Harod. The army from Midian had their camp north from them. It...
BEHOLD, I DREAMED A DREAM. — Since dreams, no less than the Bath Kol, were recognised channels for Divine intimations (Genesis 41:12; Numbers 12:6; 1 Samuel 28:6;...
וַ יָּבֹ֣א גִדְעֹ֔ון וְ הִ֨נֵּה ־אִ֔ישׁ מְסַפ
"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...
"MIDIAN'S EVIL DAY" Judges 7:8 - Judges 8:1 THERE is now with Gideon a select band of three hundred, ready for a night attack on the Midianites. The leader has been guided to a singular and striking...
THE SWORD OF JEHOVAH AND OF GIDEON Judges 7:9 Gideon _asked_ for the sign of the fleece, but God, _without his asking,_ gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread, the cheapest and co...
This is the story of perhaps one of the most remarkable conflicts in the whole history of the people. As we have seen, it was a time when they had been cruelly oppressed as the result of disobedience....
The second invasion of the Midianites and their allies placed 135,000 troops in the land of Israel (Ruth 8:10). Yet, when God saw the number of men who answered Gideon's call to arms, he said 32,000 m...
And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a (f) cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and cam...
_A dream. Observation of dreams is commonly superstitious, and as such is condemned by the word of God; but in some extraordinary cases, as we here see, God is pleased by dreams to foretel what he is...
Observe, the gracious condescension of God, thus to furnish out means for the strengthening of Gideon's faith. Though the Lord Jesus is both the author and finisher of our faith, and all the faith his...
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...
_BARLEY CAKE AND TENT_ ‘A cake of barley = bread … came unto a tent, and smote it.’ Judges 7:13 I daresay Gideon was far from flattered when he heard Israel likened to a barley cake. But when he he...
Thirty-two thousand men followed Gideon. But Jehovah will not have so many. He alone must be glorified in their deliverance. Their faith was indeed so weak, even while the Spirit of God was at work, t...
AND WHEN GIDEON WAS COME,.... With his servant, near and within hearing the talk and conversation of the outer guards or sentinels: there was A MAN THAT TOLD A DREAM UNTO HIS FELLOW; his comrade that...
And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came un...
_And lo, a cake tumbled into the host of Midian_ A weak and contemptible thing, and in itself as unable to overthrow a tent as to remove a mountain; but, being thrown by a divine hand, it bore down al...
1 Gideons armie of two and thirtie thousand is brought to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged by the dreame and interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His stratageme of trumpets and lampes in pitchers....
And when Gideon was come, as he crept up as near as he dared, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN THAT TOLD A DREAM UNTO HIS FELLOW AND SAID, BEHOLD, I DREAMED A DREAM, AND, LO, A CAKE OF BARLEY-BREAD TUMBLED INT...
THE DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES...
ISRAEL'S ARMY REDUCED BY GOD (vv. 1-9) Gideon's influence had gathered 32,000 men, and they encamped south of the encampment of the Midianites, prepared for battle (v. 1).Compared to Midian, this ar...
9-15 The dream seemed to have little meaning in it; but the interpretation evidently proved the whole to be from the Lord, and discovered that the name of Gideon had filled the Midianites with terror...
A CAKE OF BARLEY BREAD; a weak and contemptible thing, and in itself as unable to overthrow a tent as to remove a mountain; but being thrown by a Divine hand, bore down all before it; which fitly rese...
Judges 7:13 Gideon H1439 come H935 (H8799) man H376 telling H5608 (H8764) dream H2472 companion H7453 said...
‘ And when Gideon was come, behold there was a man who told a dream to his fellow, and said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came 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 not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: Gideon's three hundred and the victory over Midian and Amalek. CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Phurah, Oreb, Zeeb. CONCLUSION: God wants prepared men to fight God's battles with God's weapons in...
Judges 7:1. _The well of Harod;_ equivalent to terror, from the panic of the Midianites. It is situate on the south side of Gilboa. Judges 7:2. _The people with thee are too many,_ while human fears s...
_A cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian._ ENCOURAGEMENT FOR GIDEON Gideon felt that he was but the thin, weak, limp cake; that there was a ludicrous disproportion between the means at...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:10 God gave Gideon a preview of the coming victory by allowing him to enter the Midianite camp and overhear a Midianite’s dream about Israel’s triumph. ⇐
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 7:13 TUMBLED literally means “turned itself over.” The loaf in the dream, symbolizing the SWORD OF GIDEON, “overturned” the Midianite camp. The dream provided the confirmation th...
_THE ARMY OF THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE_ I. THE DIMINUTION OF ITS NUMBERS _Judges 7:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 7:1. THEN JERUBBAAL.] The name is given as _the challenger of Baal_, the man who, for the h...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 7:9 GET THEE DOWN, etc; _i.e_. attack the camp at once with thy 300 men. But if thou art afraid to do so, go down first alone with Phurah thy servant, and hear what they are saying...
So in chapter seven, [when] Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and they pitched beside the well of Harod (Judges 7:1): Now the well of Harod is still there...
1 Corinthians 1:27; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 41:15; Judges 3:15; Judges
GIDEON, A HERO OF THE FAITH Judges 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Hebrews eleven classes Gideon with the heroes of the faith. This may well have been done. We need to remember, however, that Gideon lived i...
THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON Judges 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are coming to our second study concerning Gideon. We are sure that many things of value will be found in this remarkable chapter...