vw - Judges:1-7

vw@Judges:1:1 @ Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who shall first go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?

vw@Judges:1:2 @ And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up. Behold I have delivered the land into his hand.

vw@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory. And Simeon went with him.

vw@Judges:1:4 @ And Judah went up, and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they struck ten thousand men at Bezek.

vw@Judges:1:5 @ And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

vw@Judges:1:6 @ And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

vw@Judges:1:7 @ And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

vw@Judges:1:8 @ Now the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

vw@Judges:1:9 @ And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the south, and in the lowlands.

vw@Judges:1:10 @ Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

vw@Judges:1:11 @ From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)

vw@Judges:1:12 @ And Caleb said, Whoever strikes Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.

vw@Judges:1:13 @ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.

vw@Judges:1:14 @ And it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, What do you wish?

vw@Judges:1:15 @ And she said to him, Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the south, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

vw@Judges:1:16 @ Now the children of the Kenite, Moses father-in-law, had gone up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

vw@Judges:1:17 @ And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.

vw@Judges:1:18 @ Judah also took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

vw@Judges:1:19 @ Thus Jehovah was with Judah. And they dispossessed the mountains, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland, because they had chariots of iron.

vw@Judges:1:20 @ And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.

vw@Judges:1:21 @ But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

vw@Judges:1:22 @ And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Jehovah was with them.

vw@Judges:1:23 @ And the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)

vw@Judges:1:24 @ And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you.

vw@Judges:1:25 @ So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

vw@Judges:1:26 @ And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

vw@Judges:1:27 @ However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its daughter-villages, or Taanach and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its daughter-villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

vw@Judges:1:28 @ And it came to pass, when Israel had become strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not drive out to dispossess them.

vw@Judges:1:29 @ Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

vw@Judges:1:30 @ Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put to tribute.

vw@Judges:1:31 @ Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

vw@Judges:1:32 @ But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

vw@Judges:1:33 @ Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. And the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put to tribute under them.

vw@Judges:1:34 @ And the Amorites squeezed the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

vw@Judges:1:35 @ but the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet when the hand of the house of Joseph became heavy, they were put to tribute.

vw@Judges:1:36 @ And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

vw@Judges:2:1 @ And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you up from Egypt and brought you into the land of which I had sworn to your fathers; and I said, I will never break My covenant with you.

vw@Judges:2:2 @ And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall pull down their altars. But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

vw@Judges:2:3 @ Therefore I also have said, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.

vw@Judges:2:4 @ And it came about, when the Angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

vw@Judges:2:5 @ Thus they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

vw@Judges:2:6 @ And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

vw@Judges:2:7 @ Thus the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, who had seen all the great works of Jehovah which He had done for Israel.

vw@Judges:2:8 @ And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.

vw@Judges:2:9 @ And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

vw@Judges:2:10 @ When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who had not known Jehovah nor the work which He had done for Israel.

vw@Judges:2:11 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and served the Baals;

vw@Judges:2:12 @ and they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they went after other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

vw@Judges:2:13 @ They forsook Jehovah and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

vw@Judges:2:14 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

vw@Judges:2:15 @ Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

vw@Judges:2:16 @ Nevertheless, Jehovah raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

vw@Judges:2:17 @ Yet they would not heed their judges, but they committed adultery with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked, to obey the commandments of Jehovah; they did not do so.

vw@Judges:2:18 @ And when Jehovah raised up judges for them, Jehovah was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Jehovah was moved to pity before their groaning because of those oppressing and thrusting at them.

vw@Judges:2:19 @ And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, by going after other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They have not failed from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

vw@Judges:2:20 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel; and He said, Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I have commanded their fathers, and has not obeyed My voice,

vw@Judges:2:21 @ I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua has left when he died,

vw@Judges:2:22 @ so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah, to walk in it as their fathers have kept it, or not.

vw@Judges:2:23 @ Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out quickly; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

vw@Judges:3:1 @ Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan

vw@Judges:3:2 @ (only so that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it),

vw@Judges:3:3 @ namely, five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

vw@Judges:3:4 @ And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

vw@Judges:3:5 @ Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

vw@Judges:3:6 @ And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.

vw@Judges:3:7 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. They forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and groves.

vw@Judges:3:8 @ Therefore the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.

vw@Judges:3:9 @ And when the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother.

vw@Judges:3:10 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.

vw@Judges:3:11 @ And the land had rest for forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

vw@Judges:3:12 @ And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. So Jehovah strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@Judges:3:13 @ And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, went and struck Israel, and took possession of the City of Palm Trees.

vw@Judges:3:14 @ And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

vw@Judges:3:15 @ And when the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man with his right hand impeded. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

vw@Judges:3:16 @ Now Ehud made himself a sword (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and girded it under his clothes on his right thigh.

vw@Judges:3:17 @ And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

vw@Judges:3:18 @ And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who were carrying the tribute.

vw@Judges:3:19 @ But he himself turned back from the graven images that were at Gilgal, and said, I have a secret matter for you, O king. He said, Keep silence. And all who were standing by him went out from him.

vw@Judges:3:20 @ And Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool roof chamber). And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. So he arose from his seat.

vw@Judges:3:21 @ And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

vw@Judges:3:22 @ And the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and his excrement came out.

vw@Judges:3:23 @ Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

vw@Judges:3:24 @ And when he had gone out, his servants came to look, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked. And they thought, Surely he is covering his feet in the cool chamber.

vw@Judges:3:25 @ So they waited till they were ashamed, and behold he was not opening the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And behold, their master was fallen dead on the floor.

vw@Judges:3:26 @ And Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the graven images and slipped away to Seirah.

vw@Judges:3:27 @ And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the shofar in the mountains of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came down with him from the mountains, with him before them.

vw@Judges:3:28 @ And he said to them, Follow me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

vw@Judges:3:29 @ And at that time they struck about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped.

vw@Judges:3:30 @ So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

vw@Judges:3:31 @ After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.

vw@Judges:4:1 @ When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@Judges:4:2 @ And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.

vw@Judges:4:3 @ And the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

vw@Judges:4:4 @ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

vw@Judges:4:5 @ And she was dwelling under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.

vw@Judges:4:6 @ And she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not Jehovah the God of Israel commanded: Go and proceed to Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;

vw@Judges:4:7 @ and I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabins army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand.

vw@Judges:4:8 @ And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!

vw@Judges:4:9 @ And she said, I will walk to go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

vw@Judges:4:10 @ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.

vw@Judges:4:11 @ Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the plain at Zaanaim, near Kedesh.

vw@Judges:4:12 @ And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

vw@Judges:4:13 @ And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

vw@Judges:4:14 @ And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men behind him.

vw@Judges:4:15 @ And Jehovah routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.

vw@Judges:4:16 @ But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not one was left.

vw@Judges:4:17 @ However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

vw@Judges:4:18 @ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear. And when he had turned aside to her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.

vw@Judges:4:19 @ And he said to her, Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. So she opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.

vw@Judges:4:20 @ And he said to her, Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, Is there any man here? you shall say, No.

vw@Judges:4:21 @ Then Jael, Hebers wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. Thus he died.

vw@Judges:4:22 @ And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, I will show you the man whom you are seeking. And when he went into her tent, behold, Sisera was lying dead with the peg in his temple.

vw@Judges:4:23 @ So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

vw@Judges:4:24 @ And the hand of the sons of Israel continued and proceeded to grow stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan.

vw@Judges:5:1 @ Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:

vw@Judges:5:2 @ When commanders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, bless Jehovah!

vw@Judges:5:3 @ Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will make music unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Judges:5:4 @ Jehovah, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, even the clouds dropped water;

vw@Judges:5:5 @ the mountains flowed before Jehovah, this Sinai, before Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Judges:5:6 @ In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, and the travelers walked along the byways.

vw@Judges:5:7 @ Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.

vw@Judges:5:8 @ They chose new gods; then there was war in the gates; not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

vw@Judges:5:9 @ My heart is with the governors of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah!

vw@Judges:5:10 @ Sing out, you who ride on white donkeys, who sit on carpets, and who walk along the road.

vw@Judges:5:11 @ At the sound where they divide the flocks among the places to draw water, there they shall recount the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts to His village dwellers in Israel; then the people of Jehovah shall go down to the gates.

vw@Judges:5:12 @ Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, O son of Abinoam!

vw@Judges:5:13 @ Then the remnant came down and had dominion over the kings of the nations; for me Jehovah trod down the mighty.

vw@Judges:5:14 @ Out of Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, from Machir came down governors, and from Zebulun those who bear the staff of scribes.

vw@Judges:5:15 @ And the commanders of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak, sent on foot into the valley. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.

vw@Judges:5:16 @ Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben were great searchings of heart.

vw@Judges:5:17 @ Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, and why did Dan remain on ships? Asher continued at the seashore, and stayed by his landings.

vw@Judges:5:18 @ Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their souls even to death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the field.

vw@Judges:5:19 @ The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver.

vw@Judges:5:20 @ They fought from the heavens; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

vw@Judges:5:21 @ The torrent of Kishon swept them away, that ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, tread on in strength!

vw@Judges:5:22 @ Then the horses hooves pounded, the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

vw@Judges:5:23 @ Curse Meroz, said the Angel of Jehovah, curse its inhabitants bitterly, because they did not come to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

vw@Judges:5:24 @ Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed is she among women in the tent.

vw@Judges:5:25 @ He asked for water, she gave milk; she brought out curds in a lordly bowl.

vw@Judges:5:26 @ She stretched her hand to the tent peg, her right hand to the workmans hammer; she has hammered Sisera, she has destroyed his head, she has pierced and struck through his temple.

vw@Judges:5:27 @ At her feet he has bowed down, he has fallen, he has lain down; at her feet he has bowed down, he has fallen; where he has bowed down, there he has fallen destroyed.

vw@Judges:5:28 @ The mother of Sisera has looked through the window, and cried out through the lattice, Why has his chariot delayed to come? Why have the hoof beats of his chariot waited?

vw@Judges:5:29 @ Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she answers herself:

vw@Judges:5:30 @ Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: to each chief warrior a girl to love; for Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, two pieces of dyed embroidery for the necks of the plunderers?

vw@Judges:5:31 @ Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Jehovah! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it goes forth in its might. Thus the land was quiet forty years.

vw@Judges:6:1 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. So Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years,

vw@Judges:6:2 @ and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. In the face of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.

vw@Judges:6:3 @ So it was that when Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the sons of the East would come up against them.

vw@Judges:6:4 @ And they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey.

vw@Judges:6:5 @ For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as the abundance of locusts; both they and their camels were without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.

vw@Judges:6:6 @ And Israel was brought exceedingly low before Midian, and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.

vw@Judges:6:7 @ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to Jehovah because of the Midianites,

vw@Judges:6:8 @ that Jehovah sent a man who was a prophet unto the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I have brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage;

vw@Judges:6:9 @ and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land.

vw@Judges:6:10 @ Also I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed My voice.

vw@Judges:6:11 @ And the Angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from before the Midianites.

vw@Judges:6:12 @ And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with you, you mighty man of valor!

vw@Judges:6:13 @ Gideon said to Him, O my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? But now Jehovah has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

vw@Judges:6:14 @ And Jehovah turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours, and you shall deliver Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?

vw@Judges:6:15 @ And he said to Him, O my Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold my company is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house.

vw@Judges:6:16 @ And Jehovah said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.

vw@Judges:6:17 @ And he said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your eyes, then perform a sign for me, that it is You speaking with me.

vw@Judges:6:18 @ Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You. And He said, I will wait until you come back.

vw@Judges:6:19 @ And Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and brought them near.

vw@Judges:6:20 @ And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

vw@Judges:6:21 @ Then the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire rose up out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

vw@Judges:6:22 @ And Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of Jehovah. And Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! For I have seen the Angel of Jehovah face to face.

vw@Judges:6:23 @ And Jehovah said to him, Peace unto you; do not fear, you shall not die.

vw@Judges:6:24 @ And Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah Shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

vw@Judges:6:25 @ Now it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take your fathers young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and chop down the grove that is beside it;

vw@Judges:6:26 @ and build an altar unto Jehovah your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the grove which you shall chop down.

vw@Judges:6:27 @ And Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as Jehovah had spoken to him. But because he feared his fathers household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.

vw@Judges:6:28 @ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, there was the altar of Baal, torn down; and the grove that was beside it was chopped down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar which had been built.

vw@Judges:6:29 @ And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And when they had inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.

vw@Judges:6:30 @ Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has chopped down the grove that was beside it.

vw@Judges:6:31 @ And Joash said to all who stood against him, Would you plead for Baal? Would you deliver him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been torn down!

vw@Judges:6:32 @ Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has torn down his altar.

vw@Judges:6:33 @ Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the sons of the east, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

vw@Judges:6:34 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah clothed Gideon; and he blew the shofar, and the Abiezrites assembled behind him.

vw@Judges:6:35 @ And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also assembled behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

vw@Judges:6:36 @ And Gideon said to God, If You are delivering Israel by my hand as You have said,

vw@Judges:6:37 @ behold, I am putting 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 I shall know that You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You have spoken.

vw@Judges:6:38 @ And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

vw@Judges:6:39 @ Then Gideon said to God, Do not let Your anger burn against me, but let me speak just once more: Let me prove, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.

vw@Judges:6:40 @ And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.

vw@Judges:7:1 @ Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him arose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

vw@Judges:7:2 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, that Israel not glorify itself against Me, saying, My own hand has delivered me.

vw@Judges:7:3 @ Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him turn back and depart early from Mount Gilead. And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.

vw@Judges:7:4 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And it shall be, that of whom I say to you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go.

vw@Judges:7:5 @ So he brought the people down to the water. And Jehovah said to Gideon, Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.

vw@Judges:7:6 @ And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.

vw@Judges:7:7 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.

vw@Judges:7:8 @ So the people took provisions and their shofars in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

vw@Judges:7:9 @ And it came to pass on the same night that Jehovah said to him, Rise up, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.

vw@Judges:7:10 @ But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,

vw@Judges:7:11 @ and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp. And he went down with Purah his servant to the extremity of the armed men who were in the camp.

vw@Judges:7:12 @ Now the Midianites and Amalekites, all the sons of the east, were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.

vw@Judges:7:13 @ And when Gideon came, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, I have dreamed a dream: Behold, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent lay flat.

vw@Judges:7:14 @ And his companion answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.

vw@Judges:7:15 @ And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he bowed down. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Arise, for Jehovah has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.

vw@Judges:7:16 @ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a shofar into each mans hand, with empty jars, and torches inside the jars.

vw@Judges:7:17 @ And he said to them, Look at me and do likewise; and behold, when I come to the edge of the camp you shall do as I do:

vw@Judges:7:18 @ When I blow the shofar, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the shofars on every side of the whole camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon!

vw@Judges:7:19 @ So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the shofars and shattered the jars that were in their hands.

vw@Judges:7:20 @ And the three companies blew the shofars and shattered the jars; they held the torches in their left hands and the shofars in their right hands for blowing; and they cried out, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!

vw@Judges:7:21 @ And each man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

vw@Judges:7:22 @ And when the three hundred blew the shofars, Jehovah set every mans sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

vw@Judges:7:23 @ And the men of Israel gathered together from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and chased after the Midianites.

vw@Judges:7:24 @ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountains of Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the waters as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim gathered together and seized the waters as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.

vw@Judges:7:25 @ And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

vw@Judges:8:1 @ Now the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they strongly complained against him.