Gideon's apprehension doth not seem to have arisen from fear of offence, in that he did it by night; but for fear of interruption, he wished to accomplish the divine command, and therefore did it perhaps the same night. He well knew the consequence of the people's displeasure, but which it should seem he did not fear.
Verse 26. _WITH THE WOOD OF THE GROVE_] It is probable that אשרה _Asherah_ here signifies _Astarte_; and that there was a _wooden_ _image_ of this goddess on the altar of Baal. Baal-peor was the same...
IN THE ORDERED PLACE - See the margin. “Build an altar, etc., with the materials,” “the wood laid in order” (compare Genesis 22:9), that, namely, which he would find ready to hand in the altar of Baal...
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...
ROCK. strong place. ORDERED PLACE, or due order. OFFER. See App-43. AS. according as....
_build an altar unto the Lord_ The present narrative tells another story about Gideon independently of what has gone before, Judges 6:24. _this strong hold_ Strictly -place of refuge"; but sometimes,...
_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 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...
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...
ORDERED PLACE] RV 'orderly manner.'...
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...
OF THIS ROCK. — The word is not _selah,_ as in Judges 6:20, or _tsor,_ as in Judges 6:21, but _malioz,_ “stronghold,” probably the citadel of Ophrah. The LXX. render it as a proper name (_maoz_)_,_ or...
וּ בָנִ֨יתָ מִזְבֵּ֜חַ לַ יהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ ע
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 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 (l) grove which thou shalt cut d...
_Top. Hebrew, "on the to of this fortress, ( Mawz. Daniel xi. 38.; Septuagint) on the platform, (Calmet) or place appointed." (Haydock) --- Offer. Though Gedeon was not a priest, he was authorized to...
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 BUILD AN ALTAR TO THE LORD THY GOD UPON THE TOP OF THIS ROCK,.... Where the provisions were laid, and out of which came forth fire that consumed them; and where the altar, called by the name of Je...
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....
_Upon the top of this rock_ Hebrew, _of this strong hold._ For in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. _In the ordered place_ That is,...
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...
and build an altar unto the Lord, thy God, upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, on the grotto or fortification, the wood from the pillar of Ashera being intended to consume the burnt offer...
GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
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...
ROCK: _ Heb._ strong place THE ORDERED PLACE: Or, in an orderly manner...
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...
UPON THE TOP OF THIS ROCK; of which JUDGES 6:20,21. Heb. _of this strong hold_; for in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. IN THE ORD...
Judges 6:26 build H1129 (H8804) altar H4196 LORD H3068 God H430 top H7218 rock H4581 arrangement H4634 take...
“ And build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold in the orderly manner. And take the second bullock and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut dow...
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 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 14:40; 2 Samuel 24:18...
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...
Of this rock — Heb. of this strong hold: for in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. Ordered place — That is, in a plain and smooth pa...