25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Commentary
Matthew Henry
(vv. 25-32)Here, I. Orders are given to Gideon to begin his government with the reformation of his father’s house, Jdg. 5:25 , 26 . A correspondence being settled between God and Gideon, by the appearance of the angel to him, it was kept up in another way; the same night after he had seen God, when he was full of thoughts concerning what had passed, which probably he had not yet communicated to any, The Lord...
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.