GOD CALLS A GENERAL
Judges 6:6-24
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. 7 And it came to
pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of
the Midianites, 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children
of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of
the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and
drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 And I
said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak
which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite:
and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it]
from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto
him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man
of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD
be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all
his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the
LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the
LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou
shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent
thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save
Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the
least in my father's house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely
I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
man. 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy
sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart
not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my
present, and set [it] before thee. And he said, I will tarry until
thou come again. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and
unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto
him under the oak, and presented [it]. 20 And the angel of God
said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay
[them] upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that
[was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and
the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of
his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of
the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen
an angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him,
Peace [be] unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then
Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the
Abiezrites._
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