Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 257

servants, and did as the EVER-LIVING told him. But because he feared his fathefs family, and the men of the village, he could not doit by day, so did it by night. When they arose in the morning and observed the altar of Bal thrown down and the shrine that was near it broken, and the two bulls burning upon the altar he had built, then each said to his neighbour, S0 they examined and enquired, and Gideon, the son of Yoash, The people of the village con-

Bring out your son and let him die! for he has overthrown the altar of Bal and has broken the shrine that was by it.’ But Yoash replied to all who stood

Would you defend Bal E If he can help you, then he can defend himself! If he is a god he can kill for himself this morning.——~Let him defend himself for the overthrowing of his altar! ’ So they named him at once jerub- Let Bal destroy him, for he overturned his altar} (no. :248.) gilinian mth $1lizs 33 34 35 37 ahhmtcz in fight flliibzuxz mth his {Hen. In consequence the forces of Midian

and Amalek, and the Beni—Kedem assembled together, and encamped in the plain of jezraal. But the Spirit ofthe EvER»L1v1NG descended upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet and summoned the Abiazerites afterhim, and send messengers to all 'Manasseh, and also summoned them after him; and he also sent messengers to Ashur, and Zebulon, and to Naphthali, and they went upto meet him. .C. r24A8.) Giiremt ztslts ex Qglrnnf uf (|§¤h’s Qball mth hiclp in §imzc1f. If You

will save Israel by my hand, as You promised, I will lay this iieece of wool on the level floor ;——~if the dew is on the fleece only, and dryness upon all the ground, then 1 shall understand that You will save Israel And he fleece, when as much dew ran from the rileece as nlled a bucket with water. Gideon, however. said to GOD, ‘ Let not Your anger burn against me, and I will speak once again; I will try another time with the fleece. Let it now be dry on the fleece only, while there is dew on the ground. So the EVER-LIVING made it thus that night. There was dryness in the fleece only, and upon the ground there came dew! (ac. 1248.) Then jerubal (who was Gideon)

arose, and all the people who were with him, and encamped at the Well of Kharod overlooking from the north the camp of Morah upon the plain. 39 But the Evan-Livmo said to Gideon, ~ I`here are too many people with you for Me to give the Midianites into your power, for fear Israel should glorify against Me, and say, ‘My hand has saved myself! ’ Therefore, now, proclaim in the hearing of the people, and say ‘Who is afraid and timid? Let him return and depart to Mount Gilad.’ Consequently twenty»two thousand of the people departed, but there were left ten thousand. But the EvnR·L1vn~zs again said to

The people are too many. Order them down to the brook, and there select for yourself; and who- ever replies to you thus, ‘I will go with you! ’ let him go with you. But all who say, ‘ I will not go with you! ’ So he took those men with him down to the brook, where the EvER—L1v1NG All who lap with the tongue from the brook, like a dog laps, place them by themselves. And all who bend on the knees to And the number of the lappers from the hand to their mouths was three hundred men, but all the rest of the people knelt on the knee to drink from the brook. Then the Evan-Lrvmo said to

With the three hundred men who lapped, I will rescue you, and give Midian into your hand. So the people took their staves in their hands and their clothing, and all the force of Israel went off to their homes, except thosethree hundred brave men. And the camp of Midian was opposite those in the plain. *