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Judges 6:25-27

Gideon's Call: Covenant Rebuke, Household Idols, and the LORD's Patient Presence

Judges 6 moves from relapse and Midianite devastation, to prophetic covenant rebuke, to the LORD's call of fearful Gideon, to altar-building and household idol-destruction, to Spirit-enabled mobilization, and finally to fleece signs that reveal both Gideon's hesitancy and the LORD's patient confirmation.

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25On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

26Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.

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Verse 25

Cross-references

Exodus 34:13Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 6:15Classic cross-references Judges 3:7Classic cross-references Acts 5:29Classic cross-references Matthew 10:37Classic cross-references

Original words

-וַיְהִי֮H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularOn that veryהַהוּא֒H1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularnightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהH3915Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto [Gideon]ל֣וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularTakeקַ֤חH3947Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markeryour father’sלְאָבִ֔יךָH1Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyoung bullפַּר־H6499Noun - masculine singular construct. . .הַשּׁוֹר֙H7794Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeand a secondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יH8145Article | Number - ordinal masculine singularbullוּפַ֥רH6499Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructsevenשֶׁ֣בַעH7651Number - feminine singularyears oldשָׁנִ֑יםH8141Noun - feminine pluraltear downוְהָרַסְתָּ֗H2040Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markeryour father’sלְאָבִ֔יךָH1Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularaltarמִזְבַּ֤חH4196Noun - masculine singular constructto Baalהַבַּ֙עַל֙H1168Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relative-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand cut downתִּכְרֹֽת׃H3772Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe Asherah poleהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הH842Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativebeside itעָלָ֖יוH5921Preposition | third person masculine singular

Verse 26

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 14:33Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 14:40Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 24:18Classic cross-references

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Then buildוּבָנִ֨יתָH1129Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singulara properבַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑הH4634Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularaltarמִזְבֵּ֜חַH4196Noun - masculine singularto the LORDלַיהוָ֣הH3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularonעַ֣לH5921Prepositionthe topרֹ֧אשׁH7218Noun - masculine singular constructof thisהַזֶּ֖הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularstrongholdהַמָּע֛וֹזH4581Article | Noun - masculine singularAnd with the woodבַּעֲצֵ֥יH6086Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof the Asherah poleהָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הH842Article | Noun - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativeyou cut downתִּכְרֹֽת׃H3772Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulartakeוְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙H3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe secondהַשֵּׁנִ֔יH8145Article | Number - ordinal masculine singularbullהַפָּ֣רH6499Article | Noun - masculine singularand offerוְהַעֲלִ֣יתָH5927Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularit as a burnt offeringעוֹלָ֔הH5930Noun - feminine singular

Verse 27

Cross-references

1 Thessalonians 2:4Classic cross-references John 2:5Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 14:1Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:1Classic cross-references Genesis 31:27Classic cross-references

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So Gideonגִּדְע֜וֹןH1439Noun - proper - masculine singulartookוַיִּקַּ֨חH3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartenעֲשָׂרָ֤הH6235Number - masculine singularvvvאֲנָשִׁים֙H582Noun - masculine pluralof his servantsמֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יוH5650Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularand didוַיַּ֕עַשׂH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularasכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativethe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .וַיְהִ֡יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhad told himדִּבֶּ֥רH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular. . .אֵלָ֖יוH413Preposition | third person masculine singularBut becauseכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativehe was too afraidיָרֵא֩H3372Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerof his father’sאָבִ֜יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularhouseholdבֵּ֨יתH1004Noun - masculine singular constructandוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerthe menאַנְשֵׁ֥יH582Noun - masculine plural constructof the cityהָעִ֛ירH5892Article | Noun - feminine singularhe did [it]וַיַּ֥עַשׂH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularby nightלָֽיְלָה׃H3915Noun - masculine singular[rather than]מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹתH6213Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructin the daytimeיוֹמָ֖םH3119Adverb

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