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Text -- Judges 6:1-11 (NET)
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Oppression and Confrontation
6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight , so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years .
6:2 The Midianites overwhelmed Israel . Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills , as well as caves and strongholds .
6:3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops , the Midianites , Amalekites , and the people from the east would attack them.
6:4 They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza . They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep , oxen , and donkeys .
6:5 When they invaded with their cattle and tents , they were as thick as locusts . Neither they nor their camels could be counted . They came to devour the land .
6:6 Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
6:7 When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian ,
6:8 he sent a prophet to the Israelites . He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says : ‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery .
6:9 I rescued you from Egypt’s power and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you.
6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God ! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites , in whose land you are now living !” But you have disobeyed me .’”
Gideon Meets Some Visitors
6:11 The Lord’s angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite . He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Gideon |
Midianites |
Enthusiasm |
Oppression |
Israel |
Religion |
Ophrah |
Prophets |
Locust |
AMALEK; AMALEKITE |
Angel |
Joash |
Amorites |
JUDGES, PERIOD OF |
EAST, CHILDREN OF THE |
Cave |
Gaza |
God |
Fort |
Elm |
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NET Notes: Jdg 6:2 Or possibly “secret storage places.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.
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NET Notes: Jdg 6:3 Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east would go up, they would go up against him.” The translation assumes that וְ...
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NET Notes: Jdg 6:5 Heb “destroy.” The translation “devour” carries through the imagery of a locust plague earlier in this verse.
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