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 […]

“But the Spirit of Adonai covered Gid‘on. He sounded the call on the shofar, and Avi‘ezer rallied behind him.  He sent messengers throughout all M’nasheh, and they too rallied behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Z’vulun and Naftali; and they came up to join them.”-Judges 6:34-35 After the Holy Spirit fully covered Gideon, […]

“Now all Midyan, ‘Amalek and the others from the east joined forces, crossed the Yarden, and set up camp in the Yizre‘el Valley. But the Spirit of Adonai covered Gid‘on. He sounded the call on the shofar, and Avi‘ezer rallied behind him.”-Judges 6:33-34 Alrighty, so we’re told that literally hordes of Midianites and Amalekites had […]