17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; …
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-24)It is not said what effect the prophet’s sermon had upon the people, but we may hope it had a good effect, and that some of them at least repented and reformed upon it; for here, immediately after, we have the dawning of the day of their deliverance, by the effectual calling of Gideon to take upon him the command of their forces against the Midianites. I. The person to be commissioned for this ser…
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