Chapter Judges 6 |
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven
years.
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And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because
of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
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And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came
up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even
they came up against them;
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And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of
the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance
for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
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For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they
came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their
camels were without number: and they entered into the land to
destroy it.
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And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto
the LORD because of the Midianites,
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That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,
which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the
house of bondage;
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And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out
of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from
before you, and gave you their land;
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And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not
obeyed my voice.
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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 winepress, to hide it
from the Midianites.
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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto
him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
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And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us,
why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his
miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the
LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken
us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
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And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might,
and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites:
have not I sent thee?
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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.
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And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and
thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
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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.
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Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and
bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I
will tarry until thou come again.
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And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes
of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put
the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak,
and presented it.
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And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the
unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out
the broth. And he did so.
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Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that
was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened
cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed
the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD
departed out of his sight.
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And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,
Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an
angel of the LORD face to face.
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And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou
shalt not die.
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Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the
Abiezrites.
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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 cut down the grove that is by it:
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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.
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Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD
had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his
father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not
do it by day, that he did it by night.
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And when the men of the city arose early in the morning,
behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut
down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon
the altar that was built.
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And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And
when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of
Joash hath done this thing.
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Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son,
that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal,
and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead
for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let
him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god,
let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his
altar.
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Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let
Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of
the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in
the valley of Jezreel.
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But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a
trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
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And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was
gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and
unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet
them.
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And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine
hand, as thou hast said,
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Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the
dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth
beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine
hand, as thou hast said.
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And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust
the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a
bowl full of water.
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And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against
me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee,
but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the
fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
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And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece
only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie
unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or
in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath
deceived his neighbour;
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Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it,
and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth,
sinning therein:
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Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that
he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the
thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was
delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
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Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even
restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more
thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the
day of his trespass offering.
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And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram
without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a
trespass offering, unto the priest:
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And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the
LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that
he hath done in trespassing therein.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the
burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the
burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the
fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
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And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen
breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes
which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the
altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
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And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments,
and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
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And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall
not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every
morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he
shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
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The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never
go out.
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And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
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And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat
offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense
which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the
altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the
LORD.
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And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the
court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
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It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them
for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most
holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
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All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It
shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the
offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth
them shall be holy.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they
shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the
tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering
perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at
night.
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In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou
shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering
shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall
offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be
wholly burnt.
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For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt:
it shall not be eaten.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of
the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is
killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is
most holy.
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The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy
place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
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Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and
when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment,
thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy
place.
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But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken:
and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured,
and rinsed in water.
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All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most
holy.
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And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into
the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the
holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
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