Judges 6:39

And Gid'on said unto HaElohim, Let not Thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once; let me test, now, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be tal.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

38And it was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and squeezed the fleece together, and wrung the tal out of the fleece, a bowl full of mayim.

40And Elohim did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was tal on all the ground.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:30And he said unto Him, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak; suppose there shall thirty be found there. And He said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Psalms 107:33He turneth neharot (rivers) into a midbar, 1 and the springs of water into dry ground; 1

Isaiah 43:19Hineni, I am doing a chadashah (new thing); 1 now titzmach (it shall spring forth; Tzemach); shall ye not perceive it? 1 I will even make a derech in the midbar, 1 and neharot in the desert. 1

Matthew 8:12But the Bnei HaMalchut will be thrown out into the outer choshech (darkness), where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

Acts 13:46And having spoken with ometz lev (boldness), Rav Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba said, To you it was necessary rishonah (first) for the dvar Hashem to be spoken; vi-bahlt (since) you reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of Chayyei Olam, hinei, we are turning to the Goyim.

Acts 28:28Therefore, let it be known to you that to the GOYIM + 28:28 Ps 67:2 this Yeshu'at Eloheinu of Hashem was sent, and they will listen. [

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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