07:006:026 And build an altar unto the lord thy
God upon the top of this
rock,
in the ordered place, and take the second bullock,
and
offer
a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which
thou
shalt
cut down.
07:006:027 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants,
and did as the lord
had
said unto him: and so it was, because he feared
his
father’s
household, and the men of the city, that he could not
do
it by day, that he did it by night.
07:006:028 And when the men of the city arose early
in the morning,
behold,
the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was
cut
down
that was by it, and the second bullock was offered
upon
the
altar that was built.
07:006:029 And they said one to another, Who hath
done this thing? And
when
they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son
of
Joash
hath done this thing.
07:006:030 Then the men of the city said unto Joash,
Bring out thy son,
that
he may die: because he hath cast down the altar
of Baal,
and
because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
07:006:031 And Joash said unto all that stood against
him, Will ye plead
for
Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him,
let
him
be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he
be a god,
let
him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his
altar.
07:006:032 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,
saying, Let
Baal
plead against him, because he hath thrown down his
altar.
07:006:033 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites
and the children of
the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched
in
the
valley of Jezreel.
07:006:034 But the Spirit of the lord came upon
Gideon, and he blew a
trumpet;
and Abiezer was gathered after him.
07:006:035 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh;
who also was
gathered
after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher,
and
unto
Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet
them.
07:006:036 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt
save Israel by mine
hand,
as thou hast said,
07:006:037 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in
the floor; and if the
dew
be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth
beside,
then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine
hand,
as thou hast said.
07:006:038 And it was so: for he rose up early
on the morrow, and thrust
the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece,
a
bowl
full of water.


