Judges 6:40

And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

In Context

39And Gideon said to 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, I pray thee, be dry upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:11Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:34-40

Gideon's Fleece. ( b. c. 1249.) 33 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. 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. 35 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. 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt… Read the whole commentary →

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