Judges 6:40
What meaning of the judges 6:40 in the Bible?
What does Judges 6:40 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground."
What does Judges 6:40 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground."
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 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 im...
_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_;...
DISCOURSE: 266 GIDEON’S FLEECE Judges 6:36. _And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on...
_Gideon's Signs Judges 6:36-40_ 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fl...
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 tradit...
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...
IT WAS DRY UPON THE FLEECE ONLY. — Such a result as this — not being in accordance with natural circumstances — could only have arisen from direct interposition. Besides the simple narrative, which te...
וַ יַּ֧עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֛ים כֵּ֖ן בַּ † לַּ֣יְלָה הַ ה֑וּא וַ יְהִי ־חֹ֤רֶב אֶל ־הַ גּ
"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...
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 wonde...
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 God did so that night: for it was (q) dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (q) By which he was assured that it was a miracle of God....
_Ground. In these two miracles the Fathers observe, that the fleece represented the Jewish nation, favoured with so many graces, while the rest of the world was dry and barren; and that, when the latt...
It is probable that those requests of Gideon were more for the confirmation of the faith of his companions, than for his own; similar to those questions which John the Baptist sent to Jesus. For they...
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 GOD DID SO THAT NIGHT,.... The night following, the night being the season in which the dew falls: FOR IT WAS DRY UPON THE FLEECE ONLY, AND THERE WAS DEW ON ALL THE GROUND; and this might signify...
Jdg. 6:37-40. _Concerning Gideon's fleece. _ There being first dew on the fleece, when it was dry upon all the earth besides, and then dew on all the ground, but dry upon the fleece, was a type of the...
_And God did so_ See how tender God is even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God distingu...
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...
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...
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 Midia...
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Judges 6:40 God H430 did H6213 (H8799) night H3915 dry H2721 fleece H1492 dew H2919 ground H776...
‘ And God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.' God graciously gave him his further sign. Next morning the ground was covered in dew but the fleec...
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...
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 e...
_I will put a fleece of wool in the floor._ GIDEON’S REQUEST 1. Impossible though it may be to acquit Gideon of unreasonableness, in demanding farther proofs of the certainty wherewith he might rely...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:36 LAYING A FLEECE. Gideon’s desire to TEST God directly violated Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 6:16). LET NOT YOUR ANGER BURN AGAINST ME. Gideon knew that he was doing something unw...
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. Judges 3:13. God puts a...
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 Judg...
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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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...
And God did so — See how tender God is, even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God disting...