Judges 6:36

And Gideon says to God, “If You are Savior of Israel by my hand, as You have spoken,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

In Context

35and he has sent messengers into all Manasseh, and it is also called after him; and he has sent messengers into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them.

37behold, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is only on the fleece, and dryness on all the earth—then I have known that You save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken”;

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Cross References

Judges 6:14And YHWH turns to him and says, “Go in this—your power; and you have saved Israel out of the hand of Midian—have I not sent you?”

2 Kings 20:9And Isaiah says, “This [is] the sign to you from YHWH, that YHWH does the thing that He has spoken—[will] the shadow have gone on ten degrees, or does it turn back ten degrees?”

Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from your God YHWH, || Make the request deep, or make [it] high upwards.”

Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, questioned Him, to show to them a sign from Heaven,

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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