Chapter 6
Midian Oppresses Israel
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Again the Israelites… did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌
בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה יְהוָ֛ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם בְּיַד־ מִדְיָ֖ן שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃ ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl way·ya·‘ă·śū hā·ra‘ bə·‘ê·nê Yah·weh Yah·weh way·yit·tə·nêm bə·yaḏ- miḏ·yān še·ḇa‘ šā·nîm — WLC · 1
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and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites… prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤆 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤃𐤅𐤕
יַד־ מִדְיָ֖ן וַתָּ֥עָז עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִפְּנֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־ עָשֽׂוּ הַמִּנְהָרוֹת֙ לָהֶ֣ם׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים וְאֶת־ הַמְּעָר֖וֹת וְאֶת־ הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃ yaḏ- miḏ·yān wat·tā·‘āz ‘al- yiś·rā·’êl mip·pə·nê miḏ·yān bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- ‘ā·śū ham·min·hā·rō·wṯ lā·hem ’ă·šer be·hā·rîm wə·’eṯ- ham·mə·‘ā·rō·wṯ wə·’eṯ- ham·mə·ṣā·ḏō·wṯ — WLC · 2
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vvv Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤋𐤒 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅
וְהָיָ֖ה אִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל זָרַ֣ע מִדְיָ֧ן וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק וּבְנֵי־ קֶ֖דֶם וְעָלָ֨ה וְעָל֥וּ עָלָֽיו׃ wə·hā·yāh ’im- yiś·rā·’êl zā·ra‘ miḏ·yān wa·‘ă·mā·lêq ū·ḇə·nê- qe·ḏem wə·‘ā·lāh wə·‘ā·lū ‘ā·lāw — WLC · 3
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encamping against them as far as… Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤅𐤀𐤊 𐤏𐤆𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤓
וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם עַד־ בּוֹאֲךָ֖ עַזָּ֑ה וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙ אֶת־ יְב֣וּל הָאָ֔רֶץ יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־ מִֽחְיָה֙ וְשֶׂ֥ה וָשׁ֖וֹר וַחֲמֽוֹר׃ way·ya·ḥă·nū ‘ă·lê·hem ‘aḏ- bō·w·’ă·ḵā ‘az·zāh way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū ’eṯ- yə·ḇūl hā·’ā·reṣ yaš·’î·rū bə·yiś·rā·’êl wə·lō- miḥ·yāh wə·śeh wā·šō·wr wa·ḥă·mō·wr — WLC · 4
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For the Midianites came with their livestock… and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable…, and they entered the land to ravage it.
𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌 𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤌𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤓𐤁 𐤊𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤂𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤋𐤔𐤇𐤕𐤄
כִּ֡י הֵם֩ יָבֹאוּ וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם יַעֲל֜וּ וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם לָרֹ֔ב כְדֵֽי־ אַרְבֶּה֙ וְלָהֶ֥ם וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ בָאָ֖רֶץ לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃ kî hêm yå̄·ḇō·ʾū ū·miq·nê·hem ya·‘ă·lū wə·’ā·ho·lê·hem lā·rōḇ ḵə·ḏê- ’ar·beh wə·lā·hem wə·liḡ·mal·lê·hem ’ên mis·pār way·yā·ḇō·’ū ḇā·’ā·reṣ lə·ša·ḥă·ṯāh — WLC · 5
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites… cried out to the LORD.
𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤋 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤐
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מְאֹ֖ד וַיִּדַּ֧ל מִפְּנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֑ן בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיִּזְעֲק֥וּ אֶל־ יְהוָֽה׃פ yiś·rā·’êl mə·’ōḏ way·yid·dal mip·pə·nê miḏ·yān ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl way·yiz·‘ă·qū ’el- Yah·weh — WLC · 6
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Now when the Israelites… cried out to the LORD because of… Midian,
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤏𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤕 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍
וַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי־ בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל זָעֲק֥וּ אֶל־ יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל אֹד֥וֹת מִדְיָֽן׃ way·hî kî- ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl zā·‘ă·qū ’el- Yah·weh ‘al ’ō·ḏō·wṯ miḏ·yān — WLC · 7
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[He]… 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.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤑𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤌
יְהוָ֛ה אִ֥ישׁ וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נָבִ֖יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּה־ יְהוָ֣ה׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָמַ֥ר אָנֹכִ֞י הֶעֱלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וָאֹצִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃ Yah·weh ’îš way·yiš·laḥ ’el- bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl nā·ḇî way·yō·mer lā·hem kōh- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl ’ā·mar ’ā·nō·ḵî he·‘ĕ·lê·ṯî ’eṯ·ḵem mim·miṣ·ra·yim wā·’ō·ṣî ’eṯ·ḵem mib·bêṯ ‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm — WLC · 8
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I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt [and] all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.
𐤅𐤀𐤑𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤇𐤑𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤂𐤓𐤔 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤌
וָאַצִּ֤ל אֶתְכֶם֙ מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרַ֔יִם וּמִיַּ֖ד כָּל־ לֹחֲצֵיכֶ֑ם וָאֲגָרֵ֤שׁ אוֹתָם֙ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם וָאֶתְּנָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־ אַרְצָֽם׃ wā·’aṣ·ṣil ’eṯ·ḵem mî·yaḏ miṣ·ra·yim ū·mî·yaḏ kāl- lō·ḥă·ṣê·ḵem wā·’ă·ḡā·rêš ’ō·w·ṯām mip·pə·nê·ḵem wā·’et·tə·nāh lā·ḵem ’eṯ- ’ar·ṣām — WLC · 9
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And 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.”…
𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤐
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָכֶ֗ם אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֤א תִֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאַרְצָ֑ם אַתֶּ֖ם יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּקוֹלִֽי׃פ wā·’ō·mə·rāh lā·ḵem ’ă·nî Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem lō ṯî·rə·’ū ’eṯ- ’ĕ·lō·hê hā·’ĕ·mō·rî ’ă·šer bə·’ar·ṣām ’at·tem yō·wō·šə·ḇîm wə·lō šə·ma‘·tem bə·qō·w·lî — WLC · 10
The Call of Gideon
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Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash vvv the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤇𐤁𐤈 𐤇𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤂𐤕 𐤋𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤎 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍
מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה וַיָּבֹ֞א וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ תַּ֤חַת הָֽאֵלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעָפְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְיוֹאָ֖שׁ אֲבִ֣י הָֽעֶזְרִ֑י בְּנ֗וֹ וְגִדְע֣וֹן חֹבֵ֤ט חִטִּים֙ בַּגַּ֔ת לְהָנִ֖יס מִפְּנֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן׃ mal·’aḵ Yah·weh way·yā·ḇō way·yê·šeḇ ta·ḥaṯ hā·’ê·lāh ’ă·šer bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh ’ă·šer lə·yō·w·’āš ’ă·ḇî hā·‘ez·rî bə·nōw wə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn ḥō·ḇêṭ ḥiṭ·ṭîm bag·gaṯ lə·hā·nîs mip·pə·nê miḏ·yān — WLC · 11
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And the angel of the LORD appeared to [Gideon] and said…, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋
מַלְּאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּרָ֥א אֵלָ֖יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ גִּבּ֥וֹר הֶחָֽיִל׃ mal·lə·ʾaḵ Yah·weh way·yê·rā ’ê·lāw way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw Yah·weh ‘im·mə·ḵā gib·bō·wr he·ḥā·yil — WLC · 12
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“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied -, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔 𐤏𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤎𐤐𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤈𐤔𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤐 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍
בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י גִּדְעוֹן֙ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֤יו יְהוָה֙ וְיֵ֤שׁ עִמָּ֔נוּ וְלָ֥מָּה כָּל־ זֹ֑את מְצָאַ֖תְנוּ וְאַיֵּ֣ה כָֽל־ נִפְלְאֹתָ֡יו אֲשֶׁר֩ אֲבוֹתֵ֜ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־ לָ֨נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲלֹ֤א יְהוָ֔ה הֶעֱלָ֣נוּ מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְעַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה נְטָשָׁ֣נוּ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖נוּ בְּכַף־ מִדְיָֽן׃ bî ’ă·ḏō·nî giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw Yah·weh wə·yêš ‘im·mā·nū wə·lām·māh kāl- zōṯ mə·ṣā·’aṯ·nū wə·’ay·yêh ḵāl nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯāw ’ă·šer ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū sip·pə·rū- lā·nū lê·mōr hă·lō Yah·weh he·‘ĕ·lā·nū mim·miṣ·ra·yim wə·‘at·tāh Yah·weh nə·ṭā·šā·nū way·yit·tə·nê·nū bə·ḵap̄- miḏ·yān — WLC · 13
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The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have… and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤊𐤇𐤊 𐤆𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤊
יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּ֤פֶן אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֚ךְ בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ זֶ֔ה וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֥ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִכַּ֣ף מִדְיָ֑ן הֲלֹ֖א שְׁלַחְתִּֽיךָ׃ Yah·weh way·yi·p̄en ’ê·lāw way·yō·mer lêḵ bə·ḵō·ḥă·ḵā zeh wə·hō·wō·ša‘·tā ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl mik·kap̄ miḏ·yān hă·lō šə·laḥ·tî·ḵā — WLC · 14
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“Please, my Lord,” [Gideon] replied -, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉 𐤄𐤃𐤋 𐤁𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤑𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕
בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔י וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ בַּמָּ֥ה אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנֵּ֤ה אַלְפִּי֙ הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֥י הַצָּעִ֖יר אָבִֽי׃ בְּבֵ֥ית bî ’ă·ḏō·nāy way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw bam·māh ’ō·wō·šî·a‘ ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl hin·nêh ’al·pî had·dal bim·naš·šeh wə·’ā·nō·ḵî haṣ·ṣā·‘îr ’ā·ḇî bə·ḇêṯ — WLC · 15
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“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied -, “and you will strike down [all] the Midianites as one man.”
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤊𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤊𐤀𐤉𐤔
כִּ֥י אֶהְיֶ֖ה עִמָּ֑ךְ יְהוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ וְהִכִּיתָ֥ מִדְיָ֖ן אֶת־ אֶחָֽד׃ כְּאִ֥ישׁ kî ’eh·yeh ‘im·māḵ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw wə·hik·kî·ṯā miḏ·yān ’eṯ- ’e·ḥāḏ kə·’îš — WLC · 16
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Gideon answered -, “If… I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that [it is] You speaking with me.
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤌 𐤍𐤀 𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤇𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤔𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤌𐤉
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם־ נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לִּי֙ א֔וֹת שָׁאַתָּ֖ה מְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי׃ way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw ’im- nā mā·ṣā·ṯî ḥên bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā lî ’ō·wṯ šā·’at·tāh mə·ḏab·bêr ‘im·mî — WLC · 17
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Please do not depart from this [place] until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set [it] before You.” And [the LORD] said, “I will stay until you return.”
𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤌𐤔 𐤌𐤆𐤄 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤁 𐤏𐤃 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤊
נָ֨א אַל־ תָמֻ֤שׁ מִזֶּה֙ עַד־ בֹּאִ֣י אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהֹֽצֵאתִי֙ אֶת־ מִנְחָתִ֔י וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אָנֹכִ֥י אֵשֵׁ֖ב עַ֥ד שׁוּבֶֽךָ׃ nā ’al- ṯā·muš miz·zeh ‘aḏ- bō·’î ’ê·le·ḵā wə·hō·ṣê·ṯî ’eṯ- min·ḥā·ṯî wə·hin·naḥ·tî lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā way·yō·mar ’ā·nō·ḵî ’ê·šêḇ ‘aḏ šū·ḇe·ḵā — WLC · 18
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So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat… and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth… in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
𐤅𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤂𐤃𐤉 𐤏𐤆𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤐𐤕 𐤒𐤌𐤇 𐤔𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤎𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤒 𐤔𐤌 𐤁𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤔𐤎 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄
וְגִדְע֣וֹן בָּ֗א וַיַּ֤עַשׂ גְּדִֽי־ עִזִּים֙ מַצּ֔וֹת וְאֵיפַת־ קֶ֣מַח שָׂ֣ם הַבָּשָׂר֙ בַּסַּ֔ל וְהַמָּרַ֖ק שָׂ֣ם בַּפָּר֑וּר וַיּוֹצֵ֥א וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ס אֵלָ֛יו אֶל־ תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה wə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn bā way·ya·‘aś gə·ḏî- ‘iz·zîm maṣ·ṣō·wṯ wə·’ê·p̄aṯ- qe·maḥ śām hab·bā·śār bas·sal wə·ham·mā·raq śām bap·pā·rūr way·yō·w·ṣê way·yag·gaš ’ê·lāw ’el- ta·ḥaṯ hā·’ê·lāh — WLC · 19
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And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay [them] on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And [Gideon] did so.
𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤋𐤆 𐤄𐤎𐤋𐤏 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤐𐤅𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤒 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤊𐤍
מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו קַ֣ח אֶת־ הַבָּשָׂ֤ר וְאֶת־ הַמַּצּוֹת֙ וְהַנַּח֙ אֶל־ הַלָּ֔ז הַסֶּ֣לַע וְאֶת־ שְׁפ֑וֹךְ הַמָּרַ֖ק וַיַּ֖עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃ mal·’aḵ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm way·yō·mer ’ê·lāw qaḥ ’eṯ- hab·bā·śār wə·’eṯ- ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ wə·han·naḥ ’el- hal·lāz has·se·la‘ wə·’eṯ- šə·p̄ō·wḵ ham·mā·raq way·ya·‘aś kên — WLC · 20
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Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤒𐤑𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤏 𐤁𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤑𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤅
מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־ וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח קְצֵ֤ה הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֥ע בַּבָּשָׂ֖ר וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת הָאֵ֜שׁ וַתַּ֨עַל מִן־ הַצּ֗וּר וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶת־ הַבָּשָׂר֙ וְאֶת־ הַמַּצּ֔וֹת וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הָלַ֖ךְ מֵעֵינָֽיו׃ mal·’aḵ Yah·weh ’eṯ- way·yiš·laḥ qə·ṣêh ham·miš·‘e·neṯ ’ă·šer bə·yā·ḏōw way·yig·ga‘ bab·bā·śār ū·ḇam·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ hā·’êš wat·ta·‘al min- haṣ·ṣūr wat·tō·ḵal ’eṯ- hab·bā·śār wə·’eṯ- ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ ū·mal·’aḵ Yah·weh hā·laḵ mê·‘ê·nāw — WLC · 21
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When Gideon realized that it [was] the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD!… I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀𐤎 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤄𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤍 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌
גִּדְע֔וֹן וַיַּ֣רְא כִּֽי־ ה֑וּאס מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה גִּדְע֗וֹן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה כִּֽי־ עַל־ כֵּ֤ן רָאִ֙יתִי֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־ פָּנִֽים׃ giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yar kî- hūs mal·’aḵ Yah·weh giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yō·mer ’ă·hāh ’ă·ḏō·nāy Yah·weh kî- ‘al- kên rā·’î·ṯî mal·’aḵ Yah·weh pā·nîm ’el- pā·nîm — WLC · 22
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But the LORD said to him, “Peace [be] with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕
יְהוָ֛ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֧וֹ שָׁל֥וֹם לְךָ֖ אַל־ תִּירָ֑א לֹ֖א תָּמֽוּת׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer lōw šā·lō·wm lə·ḵā ’al- tî·rā lō tā·mūṯ — WLC · 23
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So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah vvv of the Abiezrites.
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤍 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤅𐤃𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤉𐤐
גִּדְע֤וֹן וַיִּבֶן֩ מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שָׁ֨ם וַיִּקְרָא־ ל֥וֹ יְהוָ֖ה שָׁל֑וֹם עַ֚ד הַזֶּ֔ה הַיּ֣וֹם עוֹדֶ֕נּוּ בְּעָפְרָ֖ת אֲבִ֥י הָעֶזְרִֽי׃פ giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yi·ḇen miz·bê·aḥ Yah·weh šām way·yiq·rā- lōw Yah·weh šā·lō·wm ‘aḏ haz·zeh hay·yō·wm ‘ō·w·ḏen·nū bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāṯ ’ă·ḇî hā·‘ez·rî — WLC · 24
Gideon Destroys Baal’s Altar
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- On 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.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤊 𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤔𐤅𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤓𐤎𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤕𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅
וַיְהִי֮ הַהוּא֒ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה יְהוָ֗ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ קַ֤ח אֶת־ לְאָבִ֔יךָ פַּר־ הַשּׁוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י וּפַ֥ר שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ אֶת־ לְאָבִ֔יךָ מִזְבַּ֤ח הַבַּ֙עַל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר וְאֶת־ תִּכְרֹֽת׃ הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלָ֖יו way·hî ha·hū bal·lay·lāh Yah·weh way·yō·mer lōw qaḥ ’eṯ- lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā par- haš·šō·wr ’ă·šer haš·šê·nî ū·p̄ar še·ḇa‘ šā·nîm wə·hā·ras·tā ’eṯ- lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā miz·baḥ hab·ba·‘al ’ă·šer wə·’eṯ- tiḵ·rōṯ hā·’ă·šê·rāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·lāw — WLC · 25
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Then 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.”
𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤋 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤅𐤆 𐤁𐤏𐤑𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤐𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤄
וּבָנִ֨יתָ בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה מִזְבֵּ֜חַ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ עַ֣ל רֹ֧אשׁ הַזֶּ֖ה הַמָּע֛וֹז בַּעֲצֵ֥י הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּכְרֹֽת׃ וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י הַפָּ֣ר וְהַעֲלִ֣יתָ עוֹלָ֔ה ū·ḇā·nî·ṯā bam·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh miz·bê·aḥ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā ‘al rōš haz·zeh ham·mā·‘ō·wz ba·‘ă·ṣê hā·’ă·šê·rāh ’ă·šer tiḵ·rōṯ wə·lā·qaḥ·tā ’eṯ- haš·šê·nî hap·pār wə·ha·‘ă·lî·ṯā ‘ō·w·lāh — WLC · 26
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So Gideon took ten vvv 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.
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌
גִּדְע֜וֹן וַיִּקַּ֨ח עֲשָׂרָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ מֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יו וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְהוָ֑ה וַיְהִ֡י דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרֵא֩ אֶת־ אָבִ֜יו בֵּ֨ית וְאֶת־ אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעִ֛יר וַיַּ֥עַשׂ לָֽיְלָה׃ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת יוֹמָ֖ם giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yiq·qaḥ ‘ă·śā·rāh ’ă·nā·šîm mê·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw way·ya·‘aś ka·’ă·šer Yah·weh way·hî dib·ber ’ê·lāw ka·’ă·šer yā·rê ’eṯ- ’ā·ḇîw bêṯ wə·’eṯ- ’an·šê hā·‘îr way·ya·‘aś lā·yə·lāh mê·‘ă·śō·wṯ yō·w·mām — WLC · 27
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When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤉𐤌𐤅 𐤁𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤍𐤕𐤑 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇
אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ וַיַּשְׁכִּ֜ימוּ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַבַּ֔עַל מִזְבַּ֣ח נֻתַּץ֙ וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ כֹּרָ֑תָה עָלָ֖יו וְאֵת֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י הַפָּ֣ר הֹֽעֲלָ֔ה עַל־ הַבָּנֽוּי׃ הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ ’an·šê hā·‘îr way·yaš·kî·mū bab·bō·qer wə·hin·nêh hab·ba·‘al miz·baḥ nut·taṣ wə·hā·’ă·šê·rāh ’ă·šer- kō·rā·ṯāh ‘ā·lāw wə·’êṯ haš·šê·nî hap·pār hō·‘ă·lāh ‘al- hab·bā·nui ham·miz·bê·aḥ — WLC · 28
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“Who did… this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly…, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did… it.”
𐤌𐤉 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤒𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄
מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־ אִ֣ישׁ רֵעֵ֔הוּ וַֽיִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ גִּדְעוֹן֙ בֶּן־ יוֹאָ֔שׁ עָשָׂ֖ה הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ mî ‘ā·śāh had·dā·ḇār haz·zeh way·yō·mə·rū ’el- ’îš rê·‘ê·hū way·yiḏ·rə·šū way·ḇaq·šū way·yō·mə·rū giḏ·‘ō·wn ben- yō·w·’āš ‘ā·śāh had·dā·ḇār haz·zeh — WLC · 29
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Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s… altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅
אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אֶל־ יוֹאָ֔שׁ הוֹצֵ֥א אֶת־ בִּנְךָ֖ וְיָמֹ֑ת כִּ֤י נָתַץ֙ אֶת־ הַבַּ֔עַל וְכִ֥י מִזְבַּ֣ח כָרַ֖ת הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלָֽיו׃ ’an·šê hā·‘îr way·yō·mə·rū ’el- yō·w·’āš hō·w·ṣê ’eṯ- bin·ḵā wə·yā·mōṯ kî nā·ṯaṣ ’eṯ- hab·ba·‘al wə·ḵî miz·baḥ ḵā·raṯ hā·’ă·šê·rāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·lāw — WLC · 30
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But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case… will be put to death by morning! If [Baal] is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤕𐤓𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤕𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤕 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇𐤅
יוֹאָ֡שׁ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־ עָמְד֨וּ עָלָ֜יו הַאַתֶּ֣ם׀ תְּרִיב֣וּן לַבַּ֗עַל אִם־ אַתֶּם֙ תּוֹשִׁיע֣וּן אוֹת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥יב ל֛וֹ יוּמַ֖ת עַד־ הַבֹּ֑קֶר אִם־ הוּא֙ אֱלֹהִ֥ים יָ֣רֶב ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י נָתַ֖ץ אֶֽת־ מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ yō·w·’āš way·yō·mer lə·ḵōl ’ă·šer- ‘ā·mə·ḏū ‘ā·lāw ha·’at·tem tə·rî·ḇūn lab·ba·‘al ’im- ’at·tem tō·wō·šî·‘ūn ’ō·w·ṯōw ’ă·šer yā·rîḇ lōw yū·maṯ ‘aḏ- hab·bō·qer ’im- hū ’ĕ·lō·hîm yā·reḇ lōw kî nā·ṯaṣ ’eṯ- miz·bə·ḥōw — WLC · 31
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So on that day… Gideon was called… Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down [Baal’s] altar.
𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤁 𐤁𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤐
בַיּוֹם־ הַה֖וּא וַיִּקְרָא־ ל֥וֹ יְרֻבַּ֣עַל לֵאמֹ֑ר הַבַּ֔עַל יָ֤רֶב בּוֹ֙ כִּ֥י נָתַ֖ץ אֶֽת־ מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃פ ḇay·yō·wm- ha·hū way·yiq·rā- lōw yə·rub·ba·‘al lê·mōr hab·ba·‘al yā·reḇ bōw kî nā·ṯaṣ ’eṯ- miz·bə·ḥōw — WLC · 32
The Sign of the Fleece
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Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over [the Jordan], and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤋𐤒 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤎𐤐𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤌𐤒 𐤉𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋
וְכָל־ מִדְיָ֧ן וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק וּבְנֵי־ קֶ֖דֶם נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ wə·ḵāl miḏ·yān wa·‘ă·mā·lêq ū·ḇə·nê- qe·ḏem ne·’es·p̄ū yaḥ·dāw way·ya·‘aḇ·rū way·ya·ḥă·nū bə·‘ê·meq yiz·rə·‘el — WLC · 33
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So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤅
וְר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה לָבְשָׁ֖ה אֶת־ גִּדְע֑וֹן וַיִּתְקַע֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיִזָּעֵ֥ק אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר אַחֲרָֽיו׃ wə·rū·aḥ Yah·weh lā·ḇə·šāh ’eṯ- giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yiṯ·qa‘ baš·šō·w·p̄ār wa·yiz·zå̄·ʿēq ’ă·ḇî·‘e·zer ’a·ḥă·rāw — WLC · 34
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- Calling them to arms, [Gideon] sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as - Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤄 𐤂𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤆𐤁𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤐𐤕𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤌
ה֖וּא וַיִזָּעֵ֥ק אַחֲרָ֑יו שָׁלַ֣ח וּמַלְאָכִים֙ בְּכָל־ מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה גַּם־ שָׁלַ֗ח וּמַלְאָכִ֣ים בְּאָשֵׁ֤ר וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ לִקְרָאתָֽם׃ hū wa·yiz·zå̄·ʿēq ’a·ḥă·rāw šā·laḥ ū·mal·’ā·ḵîm bə·ḵāl mə·naš·šeh gam- šā·laḥ ū·mal·’ā·ḵîm bə·’ā·šêr ū·ḇiz·ḇu·lūn ū·ḇə·nap̄·tā·lî way·ya·‘ă·lū liq·rā·ṯām — WLC · 35
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Then Gideon said to God, “If… You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕
גִּדְע֖וֹן וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אִם־ יֶשְׁךָ֞ מוֹשִׁ֧יעַ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּיָדִ֛י אֶת־ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yō·mer ’el- hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’im- yeš·ḵā mō·wō·šî·a‘ yiś·rā·’êl bə·yā·ḏî ’eṯ- ka·’ă·šer dib·bar·tā — WLC · 36
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then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only… on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤂 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤆𐤕 𐤄𐤑𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤂𐤓𐤍 𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤈𐤋 𐤋𐤁𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕
הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י מַצִּ֛יג אֶת־ גִּזַּ֥ת הַצֶּ֖מֶר בַּגֹּ֑רֶן אִ֡ם יִהְיֶ֨ה טַל֩ לְבַדָּ֗הּ וְעַל־ עַֽל־ הַגִּזָּ֜ה כָּל־ הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ חֹ֔רֶב וְיָדַעְתִּ֗י כִּֽי־ תוֹשִׁ֧יעַ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּיָדִ֛י אֶת־ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ hin·nêh ’ā·nō·ḵî maṣ·ṣîḡ ’eṯ- giz·zaṯ haṣ·ṣe·mer bag·gō·ren ’im yih·yeh ṭal lə·ḇad·dāh wə·‘al- ‘al- hag·giz·zāh kāl- hā·’ā·reṣ ḥō·reḇ wə·yā·ḏa‘·tî kî- ṯō·wō·šî·a‘ yiś·rā·’êl bə·yā·ḏî ’eṯ- ka·’ă·šer dib·bar·tā — WLC · 37
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And that is what happened. When [Gideon] arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew…— vvv a bowlful of water.
𐤊𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤑 𐤌𐤍 𐤈𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤌𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤎𐤐𐤋 𐤌𐤉𐤌
כֵ֕ן וַיְהִי־ וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּ֖זַר אֶת־ הַגִּזָּ֑ה וַיִּ֤מֶץ מִן־ טַל֙ הַגִּזָּ֔ה מְל֥וֹא הַסֵּ֖פֶל מָֽיִם׃ ḵên way·hî- way·yaš·kêm mim·mā·ḥo·rāṯ way·yā·zar ’eṯ- hag·giz·zāh way·yi·meṣ min- ṭal hag·giz·zāh mə·lō·w has·sê·p̄el mā·yim — WLC · 38
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Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry… with me; let me speak one more time… Please allow me… one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry…, and the ground covered… with dew.”
𐤂𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤇𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤊 𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤐𐤏𐤌 𐤍𐤀 𐤓𐤒 𐤄𐤐𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤎𐤄 𐤁𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤍𐤀 𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤃𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤈𐤋
גִּדְעוֹן֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־ יִ֤חַר אַפְּךָ֙ בִּ֔י וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אַ֣ךְ הַפָּ֑עַם נָּא־ רַק־ הַפַּ֙עַם֙ אֲנַסֶּ֤ה בַּגִּזָּ֔ה נָ֨א יְהִי־ חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־ הַגִּזָּה֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ הָאָ֖רֶץ יִֽהְיֶה־ כָּל־ וְעַל־ טָּֽל׃ giḏ·‘ō·wn way·yō·mer ’el- hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’al- yi·ḥar ’ap·pə·ḵā bî wa·’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh ’aḵ hap·pā·‘am nā- raq- hap·pa·‘am ’ă·nas·seh bag·giz·zāh nā yə·hî- ḥō·reḇ ’el- hag·giz·zāh lə·ḇad·dāh hā·’ā·reṣ yih·yeh- kāl- wə·‘al- ṭāl — WLC · 39
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And that night God did so. Only… the fleece was dry,… and dew covered… the ground.
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤆𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤈𐤋𐤐 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑
הַה֑וּא בַּלַּ֣יְלָה אֱלֹהִ֛ים וַיַּ֧עַשׂ כֵּ֖ן לְבַדָּ֔הּ וְעַל־ הַגִּזָּה֙ וַיְהִי־ חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־ טָֽל׃פ הָ֥יָה כָּל־ הָאָ֖רֶץ ha·hū bal·lay·lāh ’ĕ·lō·hîm way·ya·‘aś kên lə·ḇad·dāh wə·‘al- hag·giz·zāh way·hî- ḥō·reḇ ’el- ṭāl hā·yāh kāl- hā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 40