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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
Daily Meditation
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Today’s Reading
Judges 6
Peace Be Unto Thee
1 And the children
of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into
the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against
Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when
Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the
children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 and they encamped
against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto
Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For
they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers
for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they
entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished
because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 And it came to
pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
8 that the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto
them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and
brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 and I delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave
them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 and I said unto you, I am
the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an
angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained
unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress,
to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him,
and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And
Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this
befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,
saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken
us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked
upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the
hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my
Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and
I am the least in my father’s house. 16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he
said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that
thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee,
and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry
until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went
in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh
he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him
under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take
the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out
the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of
the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 22 And
when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O
Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. 23 And the
Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then
Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto
this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
25 And it came to
pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young
bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar
of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 and
build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered
place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood
of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his
servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he
feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it
by day, that he did it by night.
28 And when the men
of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast
down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was
offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who
hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the
son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash,
Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of
Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joash said
unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he
that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if
he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead
against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
33 Then all the
Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered
together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the
Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was
gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also
was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun,
and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
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