Judges 6:37

behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

36And Gideon said unto God: 'If Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

38And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Psalms 147:19He declareth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto Israel.

Hosea 14:5(14-6) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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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