Judges 6:37

Look, I am putting a woolen fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will use me to save Israel, as you said.”

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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

36Gideon said to God, “If you intend to use me to save Israel, as you have said—

38This is what happened—Gideon rose early the next morning, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung out the dew from the fleece, enough to fill a bowl with water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop down like the rain, 1 let my speech distill like the dew, 1 like the gentle rain on the tender grass, 1 and like the showers on the plants. 1

Psalms 147:19He proclaimed his word to Jacob, 1 his statutes and his righteous decrees to Israel. 1

Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; 1 he will blossom like the lily 1 and take root like a cedar in Lebanon. 1

Matthew 15:24But Jesus answered and said, “I was not sent to anyone except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

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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