36And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
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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?
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. …
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And 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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-40)Here we have, I. The descent which the enemies of Israel made upon them, Jdg. 6:33. A vast number of Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabians, got together, and came over Jordan, none either caring or daring to guard that important and advantageous pass against them, and they made their headquarters in the valley of Jezreel, in the heart of Manasseh’s tribe, not far from Gideon’s city. Some think that…
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