H1439–גִּדְעוֹן–gid.on

Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (גִדְע֣וֹן) gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us o

גִּדְעוֹן֙ gid.'On “Gideon”

Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him the

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (גִדְע֣וֹן) gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

גִּדְע֔וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”גִּדְע֗וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

גִּדְע֤וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.

גִּדְע֜וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.

גִּדְעוֹן֙ gid.'On “Gideon”

But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.

גִּדְע֑וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,

גִּדְע֖וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

גִּדְעוֹן֙ gid.'On “Gideon”

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

גִדְע֗וֹן gid.'on “[is] Gideon”

And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

גִּדְע֔וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

גִּדְע֗וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

גִּדְע֗וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

גִּדְע֗וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the ear

גִדְע֔וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

גִּדְע֥וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

גִּדְע֜וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ (גִדְעֽוֹן) gid.'on “Gideon”

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

גִ֠דְעוֹן Gid.'on “Gideon”

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ (גִדְעֽוֹן) gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.

גִּדְעוֹן֩ gid.'On “Gideon”

And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

גִּדְע֔וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

גִדְע֖וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

גִּדְע֔וֹן gid.'on “Gideon”