“Adonai said to Gid‘on, ‘There are still too many people. Have them come down to the water, and there I will screen them for you. If I say of anyone, ‘This one is for you,’ he will go with you; and if I say, ‘This one is not for you,’ he won’t go with you.’”-Judges […]

“So he brought the people down to the water, and Adonai said to Gid‘on, ‘Put to one side everyone who laps up water with his tongue the way a dog does, and put to the other side everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.’”-Judges 7:5 Gideon’s original army of 32,000 soldiers has been […]

Oh irony of ironies!!! Gideon tested God twice with the whole laying the fleece on the threshing floor affair. Now it was God’s turn to test Gideon back the same number of times (twice). The Lord looks at Gideon’s army and tells him he has way too many troops. Why in the world would God […]

Today we begin Judges Chapter 7. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “Then Yeruba‘al, that is, Gid‘on, and all the people with him, got up early and set up camp by ‘Ein-Harod; the camp of Midyan was north of them, by Giv‘at-Moreh, in the valley.“-Judges 7:1 Verse […]

“Gid‘on said to God, ‘If you are going to save Israel through me, as you said you would, then, here: I will lay a wool fleece on the threshing-floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, while all the ground stays dry, I will be convinced that you will save Israel through me, as […]