1And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

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

2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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

3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them.

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

4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.

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

5For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they would come in like locusts in number; both they and their camels were without number, and they came into the land to ravage it.

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

6Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the Lord.

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

7It happened, when the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Midian,

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8that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth 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 I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

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

10and I said to you, "I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"

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

11The angel of the Lord came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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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 to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!"

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

13Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."

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

14The Lord looked at him, and said, "Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven't I sent you?"

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

15He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, 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

16The Lord said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."

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

17He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.

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

18Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."

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

19Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

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

20The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.

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

21Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the Lord departed 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

22Gideon saw that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord God! Because 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

23The Lord said to him, "Peace be to you! Do not be afraid. You shall not die."

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

24Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it "The Lord is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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

25It happened the same night, that the Lord said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;

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

26and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."

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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 Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

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

28When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.

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29They said one to another, "Who has done this thing?" When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."

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30Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."

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

31Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."

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

32Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken 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

33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they crossed over, and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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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 on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

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

35He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

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

36Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,

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

37behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."

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

38It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

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Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 35:7

39Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

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

40God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.

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