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Judges 6:7-10

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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7Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

8He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

9I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

10And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”

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Verse 7

Cross-references

Judges 3:9Classic cross-references

Original words

Nowוַיְהִ֕יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularwhenכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthe Israelitesבְנֵֽי־H1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularcried outזָעֲק֥וּH2199Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularbecause ofעַ֖לH5921Preposition. . .אֹד֥וֹתH182Noun - feminine plural constructMidianמִדְיָֽן׃H4080Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

1 Samuel 10:18Classic cross-references Ezekiel 20:5Classic cross-references Psalms 136:10Classic cross-references Isaiah 63:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 34:13Classic cross-references

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[He]יְהוָ֛הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .אִ֥ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֧חH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularאֶל־אֶל־H413Prepositionthemבְּנֵ֣יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singulara prophetנָבִ֖יאH5030Noun - masculine singularwho toldוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthemלָהֶ֜םPreposition | third person masculine pluralThis is whatכֹּה־H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֣ה׀H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularthe Godאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֥רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularIאָנֹכִ֞יH595Pronoun - first person common singularbroughtהֶעֱלֵ֤יתִיH5927Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singularyou up out ofאֶתְכֶם֙H853Direct object marker | second person masculine pluralEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםH4714Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular-וָאֹצִ֥יאH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular-אֶתְכֶ֖םH853Direct object marker | second person masculine pluralout of the houseמִבֵּ֥יתH1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof slaveryעֲבָדִֽים׃H5650Noun - masculine plural

Verse 9

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Numbers 10:9Classic cross-references Psalms 44:2Classic cross-references

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I deliveredוָאַצִּ֤לH5337Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularyouאֶתְכֶם֙H853Direct object marker | second person masculine pluralout of the handsמִיַּ֣דH3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםH4713Noun - proper - feminine singular[and]וּמִיַּ֖דH3027Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructyour oppressorsלֹחֲצֵיכֶ֑םH3905Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralI drove them outוָאֲגָרֵ֤שׁH1644Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular-אוֹתָם֙H853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralbefore youמִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םH6440Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluraland gaveוָאֶתְּנָ֥הH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularyouלָכֶ֖םPreposition | second person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markertheir landאַרְצָֽם׃H776Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

Joshua 24:15Classic cross-references 2 Kings 17:35Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 9:13Classic cross-references Exodus 20:2Classic cross-references

Original words

And I saidוָאֹמְרָ֣הH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularto youלָכֶ֗םPreposition | second person masculine pluralIאֲנִי֙H589Pronoun - first person common singularam the LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔םH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralYou must notלֹ֤אH3808Adverb - Negative particlefearתִֽירְאוּ֙H3372Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe godsאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֔יH567Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularin whoseאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativelandבְּאַרְצָ֑םH776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralyouאַתֶּ֖םH859Pronoun - second person masculine pluraldwellיוֹשְׁבִ֣יםH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralBut you did notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleobey Meשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural. . .בְּקוֹלִֽי׃פH6963Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

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