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And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the
flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought
it
out unto him under the oak,
and presented
it.
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And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes,
and lay
them
upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
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Then the angel of the L
ORD
put forth the end of the staff that
was
in his hand, and touched the
flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and
the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the L
ORD
departed out of his sight.
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And when Gideon
perceived that he
was
an angel of the L
ORD
, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have
seen an angel of the L
ORD
face to face.
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And the L
ORD
said unto him, Peace
be
unto thee; fear not:
thou shalt not die.
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Then Gideon built an altar there unto the L
ORD
, and called it Jehovah-shalom:
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the L
ORD
said unto him, Take thy father’s young
bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father
hath, and cut down the grove that
is
by it:
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And build an altar unto the L
ORD
thy God upon the
top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with
the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
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Then Gideon took ten men of his servants,
and did as the L
ORD
had said unto him: and
so
it was, because he feared his father’s household, and
the men of the city, that he could not do
it
by day, that he did
it
by night.
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And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast
down, and the grove was cut down that
was
by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the
altar
that was
built.
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And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
30
Then the men of the
city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal,
and because he hath cut down the grove that
was
by it.
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And Joash said unto all that stood against
him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death
whilst
it is yet
morning: if he
be
a god, let him plead for himself, because
one
hath cast down his
altar.
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Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because
he hath thrown down his altar.
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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 L
ORD
came upon Gideon,
and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer 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 save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
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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.
38
And
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.
39
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot
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