Text -- Judges 6:36-40 (NET)

6:36 Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. 6:37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.” 6:38 The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. 6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” 6:40 That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 6:36

¹ tn More literally, “you are about to deliver Israel by my hand.”

² tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

NET Notes: Jdg 6:37

¹ tn Heb “all the ground.”

² tn Or “know.”

³ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

NET Notes: Jdg 6:38

¹ tn Heb “And it was so.”

² tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

NET Notes: Jdg 6:39

¹ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

² tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

NET Notes: Jdg 6:40

¹ tn Heb “God did so that night.”