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Judges 6:39 KJV
Judges · chapter 6 · verse 39
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.Judges 6:39 · King James Version
Judges 6:39 in context
37Behold, 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.
38And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39And 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.
40And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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Key words (Strong's)
- GideonGidʻôwnGidon, an IsraeliteH1439 →
- fleecegâzzaha fleeceH1492 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- provenâçâhto testH5254 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here we have, I. The descent which the enemies of Israel made upon them, Jdg 6:33. A vast number of Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabians, got together, and came over Jordan, none either caring or daring to guard that important and advantageous pass against them, and they made their headquarters in the valley of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-40