1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years,

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Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:29, Numbers 31:1, Numbers 31:3, Judges 2:19

2And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist.

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Hebrews 11:38, 1 Samuel 13:6, Hebrews 11:38, 1 Samuel 13:6, 1 Samuel 14:11

3And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up:

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Judges 3:13, Judges 6:33, Judges 7:12, Judges 3:13, Judges 6:33

4And pitching their tents among them, wasted all things as they were in the blade, even to the entrance of Gaza: and they left nothing at all in Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, nor asses.

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Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:51, Deuteronomy 28:51, Micah 6:15

5For they and all their flocks came with their tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innumerable multitude of men, and of camels, wasting whatsoever they touched.

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Judges 7:12, Judges 7:12, Judges 8:10, Judges 8:10, Jeremiah 49:29

6And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of Madian.

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Judges 3:9, Judges 3:9, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 106:43, Psalms 106:44

7And he cried to the Lord, desiring help against the Madianites.

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8And he sent unto them a prophet, and he spoke: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: I made you to come up out of Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage,

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Ezekiel 20:5, Ezekiel 20:32, Ezekiel 20:5, Ezekiel 20:32, Isaiah 63:9

9And delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians, and of all the enemies that afflicted you: and I cast them out at your coming in, and gave you their land.

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Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:3

10And I said: I am the Lord your God, fear not the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell. And you would not hear my voice.

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Jeremiah 10:2, Jeremiah 10:2, Jeremiah 9:13, 2 Kings 17:35, 2 Kings 17:39

11And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas, the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian,

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Joshua 17:2, Joshua 17:2, Hebrews 11:32, Hebrews 11:32, Judges 13:3

12The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.

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Luke 1:28, Joshua 1:5, Luke 1:28, Joshua 1:5, Judges 2:18

13And Gedeon said to him: I beseech thee, my lord, if the Lord be with us, why have these evils fallen upon us? Where are his miracles, which our fathers have told us of, saying: The Lord brought us out of Egypt but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hand of Madian.

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Psalms 77:7, Psalms 77:9, Psalms 77:7, Psalms 77:9, 2 Chronicles 15:2

14And the Lord looked upon him, and said: Go, in this thy strength, and thou shalt deliver Israel out of the hand of Madian: know that I have sent thee.

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Hebrews 11:34, Hebrews 11:34, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 1:5

15He answered, and said: I beseech thee, my lord wherewith shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the meanest in Manasses, and I am the least in my father's house.

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1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 9:21, Exodus 3:11, Exodus 3:11, Exodus 4:10

16And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.

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Joshua 1:5, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Exodus 3:12, Acts 11:21

17And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me:

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Isaiah 7:11, Exodus 33:13, Psalms 86:17, Isaiah 7:11, Exodus 33:13

18And depart not hence, till I return to thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming.

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Genesis 18:3, Judges 13:15, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 18:3, Judges 13:15

19So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and putting the flesh in a basket, and the broth of the flesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and presented to him.

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Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:8, Judges 13:15

20And the angel of the Lord said to him: Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and pour out the broth thereon. And when he had done so,

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Judges 13:19, Judges 13:19, 1 Kings 18:33, 1 Kings 18:34, 1 Kings 18:33

21The angel of the Lord put forth the tip of the rod, which he held in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and there arose a fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and the angel of the Lord vanished out of his sight.

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Leviticus 9:24, Leviticus 9:24, 1 Kings 18:38, 2 Chronicles 7:1, 1 Kings 18:38

22And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

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Genesis 32:30, Genesis 32:30, Exodus 33:20, Exodus 33:20, Deuteronomy 5:26

23And the Lord said to him: Peace be with thee: fear not, thou shalt not die.

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Daniel 10:19, Daniel 10:19, Genesis 43:23, John 20:26, Genesis 43:23

24And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,

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Exodus 17:15, Genesis 22:14, Exodus 17:15, Genesis 22:14, Judges 8:32

25That night the Lord said to him: Take a bullock of thy father's, and another bullock of seven years, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal, which is thy father's: and cut down the grove that is about the altar:

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Judges 3:7, Exodus 34:13, Judges 3:7, Exodus 34:13, Matthew 10:37

26And thou shalt build un altar to the Lord thy God, in the top of this rock, whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice before: and thou shalt take the second bullock, and shalt offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood, which thou shalt cut down out of the grove.

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1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 Corinthians 14:40, 1 Corinthians 14:33, 2 Samuel 24:18, 1 Corinthians 14:33

27Then Gedeon, taking ten men of his servants, did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing his father's house, and the men of that city, he would not do it by day, but did all by night.

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1 Thessalonians 2:4, John 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, John 2:5, Deuteronomy 4:1

28And when the men of that town were risen in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the grove cut down, and the second bullock laid upon the altar, which then was built.

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29And they said one to another: Who hath done this? And when they inquired for the author of the fact, it was said: Gedeon, the son of Joas, did all this.

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30And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove.

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Philippians 3:6, Acts 26:9, Philippians 3:6, Acts 26:9, Jeremiah 26:11

31He answered them: Are you the avengers of Baal, that you fight for him? he that is his adversary, let him die before to morrow light appear: if he be a god, let him revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar.

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Ephesians 5:11, Jeremiah 10:5, Jeremiah 10:11, 1 Corinthians 8:4, Ephesians 5:11

32From that day Gedeon was called Jerobaal, because Joas had said: Let Baal revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar.

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1 Samuel 12:11, 1 Samuel 12:11, 2 Samuel 11:21, Judges 7:1, 2 Samuel 11:21

33Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the eastern people, were gathered together, and passing over the Jordan, camped in the valley of Jezrael.

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Joshua 17:16, Joshua 17:16, Judges 6:3, Judges 6:3, Romans 8:35

34But the spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he sounded the trumpet, and called together the house of Abiezer, to follow him.

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Judges 3:27, Judges 3:10, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Judges 3:27

35And he sent messengers into all Manasses, and they also followed him : and other messengers into Aser and Zabulon, and Nephthali, and they came to meet him.

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Judges 4:6, 2 Chronicles 30:6, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Judges 4:6, 2 Chronicles 30:6

36And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

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Judges 6:14, Judges 6:14, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:1, 2 Kings 20:9

37I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel.

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Hosea 14:5, Hosea 14:5, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 15:24

38And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

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Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 35:7

39And he said again to God: Let not thy wrath be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.

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Genesis 18:32, Genesis 18:32, Isaiah 50:2, Psalms 107:33, Psalms 107:35

40And God did that night as he had requested: and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

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