And acted wickedly before and delivered them over into of Midian for seven years.
And prevailed against Israel. Because of of Midian made havens in the mountains, and in the caves, and in the fortresses.
And it came to pass when sowed that there ascended up Midian and Amalek; even the sons of the east were ascending against them.
And they camped by them, and they ruined the resources of the land unto the coming unto Gaza. And there was not left behind support for life in Israel, even and calf, and donkey.
For they and their livestock ascended and their tents and they came as by multitude. And for them and their camels there was no number. And they came in the land of Israel to ruin it.
And Israel became poor, exceedingly, from of Midian.
And cried out to And it came to pass when cried out to on account of Midian,
a man, a prophet, to the sons of Israel. And he said to them, Thus says God of Israel, I am the one bringing you up from Egypt, and I led you from of slavery;
and I rescued you from of Egypt, and from of all the ones afflicting you; and I cast them from your face, and I gave to you their land.
And I said to you, I am your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in which you dwell in their land. But you hearkened not to my voice.
And came and sat under the oak, the one being in Ophrah, the one of the of Joash Ezri. And Gideon his son beat with a rod in a wine-vat, to flee from of Midian.
And appeared and said to him, you mighty in strength.
And said to me, O my Lord, and if with us, then why do find And where are all his wonders, as many as described saying, Is it not from out of Egypt led And now he thrust us away, and delivered us over into the hand of Midian.
And looked and said to him, Go in your strength and you shall deliver Israel. Behold, I send you.
And said to me, O my Lord, by what means shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my thousand in Manasseh, and I am in of my father.
And said that, I will be with you, and you shall strike Midian as man
And said And if I found favor in your eyes, then you shall give to me a sign that you spoke with me.
In no way should you separate from here until coming to you, and I shall bring my sacrifice, and I shall sacrifice before you. And he said, I am settled until you return.
And Gideon entered and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah flour and the upon the bin, and the broth he poured into an earthen pot, and he brought it to him under the oak, and did obeisance.
And said Take the meats and the unleavened breads, and put them on that rock, and the And he did so.
And stretched out the tip of the rod in his hand, and touched of the meats, and of the unleavened breads; and was lit from out of the rock, and it devoured the meats and the unleavened breads. And the angel of the lord departed from his eyes.
And Gideon knew that the angel And Gideon said, Alas, O my Lord, O lord, for I beheld the angel of the lord face to face.
And said Peace to you, do not fear, in no way shall you die.
And built an altar to the And he called it, Peace of the lord, until this day. It is still being with Ephratah father of Ezri.
And it came to pass in that night, that said Take the calf of your father, and the calf of seven years old! And you shall demolish the altar of Baal which is of your father; and the sacred grove by it you shall cut down.
And you shall build an altar to the your God, to the one appearing to you upon the top mountain in the battle array. And you shall take with the calf and you shall offer whole burnt-offerings in the trees of the sacred grove which you cut down.
And Gideon took ten men from his manservants, and he did as spoke And it came to pass that he feared the household of his father, and the men of the city, by day, and he acted it
And rose early in the morning; and behold, was razed and the sacred grove by it was cut down; and the calf was offered for a whole burnt-offering upon the altar having been built.
And said to his neighbor, Who did this thing? And they investigated and inquired. And they said, Gideon son of Joash did this thing.
And said to Joash, Lead out your son and let him die! for he razed the altar of Baal, and because he cut down the sacred grove by it.
And Joash said to the men rising against him, Do you now adjudicate for Baal? or shall you deliver him? Who ever pleaded to him let die in If God he shall avenge for himself, for he razed his altar.
And he called him in that day, Jerubbaal, saying, of Baal, for he razed his altar.
And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east came together at the same place, and they passed over and camped in the valley of Jezreel.
And spirit of God empowered Gideon, and he trumped with and he called for aid to Abiezer after him.
And messengers to all Manasseh, and he called also himself him. And messengers in Asher, and in Zebulun, and in Naphtali. And they ascended for meeting him.
And Gideon said to God, If you deliver by as you spoke,
behold, I fasten the fleece of wool pieces in the threshing-floor. And if dew comes upon the fleece only, and upon all the earth then I will know that you shall deliver by in which manner you spoke.
And it came to pass thus. And Gideon rose early on the next day, and he squeezed out the fleece, and dripped from the fleece a full pan of water.
And Gideon said to God, Let not be provoked to anger against me! for I will speak still once more, and I will test still once more by the fleece. And let there become yet dryness upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there become dew!
And God did so in that night. And there was dryness upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground became dew.