Judges 6:38-40

Context
6:38 The Lord did as he asked.¹ When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.² 6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign.³ 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.”⁴ 6:40 That night God did as he asked.⁵ Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

[6:38] ¹tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38] ²tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[6:39] ³tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39] ⁴tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[6:40] ⁵tn Heb “God did so that night.”