Even - Rather, as in the margin, and. Two bullocks are spoken of. The labor of both would be required for pulling down and removing the altar of Baal, and for bringing the materials for building the altar of Yahweh.
The grove by it - Rather, “the idol upon it,” the Asherah, the wooden image of Astarte Judges 3:7.
Verse 25. _TAKE THY FATHER'S YOUNG BULLOCK, EVEN THE SECOND_ _BULLOCK_] There is some difficulty in this verse, for, according to the Hebrew text, two bullocks are mentioned here; but there is only o...
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...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALTAR OF BAAL. We have seen that after the Conquest Yahweh was reverently and innocently called the Baal (Lord) of the land, and that loyal Israelites gave their children Baal n...
EVEN, or "and". THE GROVE. the _'asherah._ See Exodus 34:13. App-42....
_the same night_ Not the night after the events related in 11 24, for the reasons just given. Moore suggests the night after the prophet delivered his message, 7 10. It is safer to say that the origin...
_Gideon overthrows the altar of Baal and receives the name Jerub-baal_. This story has no connexion with the preceding narrative Judges 6:11-24; for after Gideon had built the altar Jehovah-shalom (Ju...
_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...
_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, AN...
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...
THE ALTAR.. THAT THY FATHER HATH] Joash is the priest and custodian of the village sanctuary. The 'grove' should be the pole or 'asherah' at its side. Such an attack would naturally be resented by the...
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...
THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM. — Luther rightly observes that by such expressions we are not at all meant to understand a voice in the air. It is useless, and therefore undesirable, to speculate as to the ex...
וַ יְהִי֮ בַּ † לַּ֣יְלָה הַ הוּא֒...
GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER Judges 6:15 "The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of Ophrah. It is a persona...
FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH Judges 6:19 Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the proposal of the...
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...
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...
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock (k) of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath,...
And another, or "the second." Only one seems to have been sacrificed; (ver. 28.; Cajetan) though others think that the second bullock was designed for a peace-offering. (Bonfrere) Some infer that it h...
Perhaps this second visit of God was in a vision of. the night. It should seem by this account that the house of Gideon was engaged in the worship of idols, as well as other houses in Israel. And if s...
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...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS THE SAME NIGHT,.... The night which followed the day in which the angel appeared to Gideon as he was threshing: THAT THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM; perhaps in a dream, since it was in th...
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...
_The same night the Lord said unto him_ Most likely in a dream; _Take the second bullock_ Houbigant and some others suspect that there is a deficiency in the text here, as nothing is said of the first...
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...
GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
And it came to pass the same night, following this wonderful manifestation, THAT THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, GIDEON, TAKE THY FATHER'S YOUNG BULLOCK, EVEN THE SECOND BULLOCK OF SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND THROW...
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...
25-32 See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not th...
EVEN THE SECOND BULLOCK: thus there was but one bullock, which was young, to wit, comparatively, but not simply, for it was seven years old; and of such this Hebrew word is used, JOB 21:10; for these...
Judges 6:25 night H3915 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) fathers H1 young H6499 bull...
‘ And it came about the same night that Yahweh said to him, “Take your father's bullock ox, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal which your father has, and cut d...
GROVE See (Deuteronomy 16:21). (_ See Scofield) - (Judges 3:7). _...
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: 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...
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...
_Throw down the altar of Baal._ BAAL’S ALTAR DESTROYED 1. Observe God’s command to Gideon. He had been hitherto protesting against the idolatry of his family and country by a life of opposition, inas...
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 ...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:25 ASHERAH is sometimes the name of a pagan goddess. Here, it refers to the wooden poles at places where she was worshiped. ⇐
CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:24_ THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCE CRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:25 THE SAME NIGHT, etc. The iron was hot; it was time to strike. As regards what follows, there are two ways of understanding the verse. One, that of the A.V; supposes that only o...
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...
1 Kings 18:21; 2 Corinthians 6:15; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29; Deuterono
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...
The second bullock — He was to offer one for himself, the other for the sins of the people, whom he was to deliver. 'Till sin be pardoned thro' the great sacrifice, no good is to be expected. Thy fath...