Judges 6:37

lo! I am placing a woollen fleece, on the threshing-floor,—if, dew, be on the fleece alone and, on all the ground, it be dry, then shall I know that thou wilt bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 art about to bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken,

38And it was so, and he rose up early, on the morrow, and pressed together the fleece,—and wrung out the dew from the fleece, a small bowl full of water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,—As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.

Psalms 147:19Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.

Hosea 14:5I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily,—and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:

Matthew 15:24But, he, answering, said, I was not sent forth, save unto 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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