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Verse Judges 6:17. _SHOW ME A SIGN_] Work a _miracle_, that I may know
that thou hast wisdom and power sufficient to authorize and quality me
for the work....
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A SIGN - If the Angel ate of Gideon’s present it would be a
conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare John 21:9;
Luke 24:37; Acts 10:41.) It would also be a token of God’s goodwill
to Gi...
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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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JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *.
For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the
Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...
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THOU TALKEST. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "Thou
[art Jehovah Who] talkest"....
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_The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a
11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see
on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23
and Genesis 18 J; the...
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_shew me a sign that it is thou_ Gideon asks for a sign that it is
indeed Jehovah who charges him with this great undertaking (Judges
6:14_; Judges 6:16_); but in the following verse Gideon clearly do...
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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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_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THAT THOU TALKEST] RV 'that it is thou that talkest.' The angel has
not, however, told Gideon who he is; probably this clause was not in
the original narrative (cp. Judges 6:22)....
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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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I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT. — A phrase found both in the Old
and New Testament. (See Genesis 6:8; Esther 5:8.)
SHEW ME A SIGN THAT THOU TALKEST WITH ME. — Give me some clear proof
that this is no...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם ־נָ֛א
מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן
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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...
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A FARMER CALLED TO BE DELIVERER
Judges 6:7
God is not content with sending a prophet to condemn our sins; He
commissions an angel to bring help. Surely there is truth in the old
belief that the Angel...
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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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And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then
shew me (g) a sign that thou talkest with me.
(g) So that we see how the flesh is the enemy of God's calling, which
cannot be persua...
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_Thou, the Lord, or his angel, capable of fulfilling these great
promises; or be pleased, by some sign, to manifest thyself to me.
(Calmet) --- He began to perceive that he was talking with some perso...
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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 SAID UNTO HIM, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, c. Or
seeing he had, as appeared by his salutation of him as a man of might,
by the work he gave him a commission to do, and by the promis...
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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.
Ver. 17. _Then show me a sign,_] sc., That thou art that "Captain of
the Lord's hosts," an...
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_Thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man_ As easily as if they were
all but one man. _Show me a sign_ This Gideon desired, that he might
be sure the commission was divine, and that God, who called...
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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, Gideon, SAID UNTO HIM, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT,
THEN SHOW ME A SIGN THAT THOU TALKEST WITH ME, literally, "whether
thou art He who speaks with me," whether He had this divine au...
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THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARS TO GIDEON...
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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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11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity
through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great.
It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...
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That it is _thou_, to wit, an angel or messenger sent from God, that
appears to me, and discourseth with me; and not a fancy or delusion;
that thou art in truth what thou seemest and pretendest to be,...
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Judges 6:17 said H559 (H8799) found H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 sight
H5869 show H6213 (H8804) sign...
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Judges 6:17 a
‘And he said to him, “If now I have found grace in your sight,
then show me a sign that it is you who talks with me. Do not leave
here, I beg you, until I come to you and bring my offer...
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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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_There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._
GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR
I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is
best fitted for the reception of heaven...
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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 6:11_
THE UNSEEN FRIEND
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.]
Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one
particular person known a...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:11
AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called
"the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...
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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 Kings 20:8; Exodus 33:13; Exodus 33:16; Exodus 4:1; Genesis 15:8;...
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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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That thou — That it is thou, an angel or messenger sent from God,
that appears to me, and discourseth with me. Or, a sign of that which
thou talkest with me; that is, that thou wilt by me smite the
Mi...