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Judges Chapter 6

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Judges

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In this chapter the Israelites are pursued by the Philistines and the priestess of the Lord, Deborah, is called to deliver them. The narrative ends with the Philistines being defeated by the Israelites, illustrating God’s deliverance and the vital role of the judge.

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(1) And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
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Judges 2:13Judges 2:14Judges 2:19Judges 2:20Leviticus 26:14Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:19Leviticus 26:20Leviticus 26:21

(2) And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
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Leviticus 26:17Deuteronomy 28:47Deuteronomy 28:48I Samuel 13:6I Samuel 14:11Hebrews 11:38Revelation 6:15

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Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1Hebrews 11:38Isaiah 28:7Nahum 3:14Haggai 2:4

(3) And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
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Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:30Deuteronomy 28:31Deuteronomy 28:32Deuteronomy 28:33Deuteronomy 28:51Job 31:8Isaiah 65:21Isaiah 65:22Micah 6:15Judges 3:13Judges 6:33

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Judges 6:33Judges 7:12Ezekiel 47:18

(4) And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
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Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:30Deuteronomy 28:33Deuteronomy 28:51Micah 6:15Genesis 10:19Genesis 13:10Proverbs 28:3Jeremiah 49:9Jeremiah 49:10Obadiah 1:5

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Exodus 22:1Deuteronomy 28:51Joshua 6:21Exodus 22:4Exodus 22:9Exodus 22:10

(5) For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
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Song of Solomon 1:5Isaiah 13:20Judges 7:12Judges 8:10Jeremiah 46:23Judges 8:21I Samuel 30:17Isaiah 60:6Jeremiah 49:29Jeremiah 49:32Psalms 83:4Psalms 83:5

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Judges 7:12Genesis 47:17Leviticus 26:22Numbers 32:1II Chronicles 14:15Jeremiah 49:32

(6) And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
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Psalms 106:43Jeremiah 5:17Malachi 1:4Judges 3:9Judges 3:15Psalms 50:15Psalms 78:34Psalms 106:44Isaiah 26:16Hosea 5:15

(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;
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Judges 2:1Judges 2:2Judges 2:3Nehemiah 9:9Nehemiah 9:10Nehemiah 9:11Nehemiah 9:12Psalms 136:10Psalms 136:11Psalms 136:12Psalms 136:13Psalms 136:14

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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(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;
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Psalms 44:2Psalms 44:3

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Exodus 18:10I Samuel 10:18Genesis 43:32Exodus 14:25

(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.
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Exodus 20:2Exodus 20:3II Kings 17:33II Kings 17:35II Kings 17:36II Kings 17:37II Kings 17:38II Kings 17:39Jeremiah 10:2Judges 2:2Proverbs 5:13Jeremiah 3:13

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Judges 10:6Joshua 24:15I Samuel 12:3Daniel 5:23Philippians 3:19

(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.
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Judges 6:14Judges 6:15Judges 6:16Judges 2:1Judges 2:2Judges 2:3Judges 2:4Judges 2:5Judges 5:23Judges 13:3Judges 13:18Judges 13:19

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Judges 6:22Judges 8:32II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15II Kings 13:13Judges 7:25

(12) And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
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Judges 13:3Luke 1:11Luke 1:28Judges 2:18Exodus 3:12Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:9Ruth 2:4Matthew 1:23Matthew 28:20Acts 18:9Acts 18:10

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II Chronicles 32:21II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15

(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.
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Genesis 25:22Exodus 33:14Exodus 33:15Exodus 33:16Numbers 14:14Numbers 14:15Romans 8:31Deuteronomy 29:24Deuteronomy 30:17Deuteronomy 30:18Psalms 77:7Psalms 77:8

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I Samuel 1:8II Chronicles 24:20Psalms 22:1

(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?
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Judges 4:6Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:6Joshua 1:7Joshua 1:8Joshua 1:9I Samuel 12:11I Chronicles 14:9I Chronicles 14:10Hebrews 11:32Hebrews 11:34

(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.
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Exodus 3:11Exodus 4:10Jeremiah 1:6Luke 1:34Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:22Exodus 18:23Exodus 18:24Exodus 18:25I Samuel 9:21I Samuel 18:23Micah 5:2

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Numbers 26:58Numbers 3:27Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:12Numbers 26:15Numbers 26:20

(16) And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
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Judges 6:12Exodus 3:12Joshua 1:5Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 41:15Isaiah 41:16Matthew 28:20Mark 16:20Acts 11:21

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Jeremiah 44:25

(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.
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Exodus 33:13Exodus 33:16Judges 6:36Judges 6:37Judges 6:38Judges 6:39Judges 6:40Genesis 15:8Genesis 15:9Genesis 15:10Genesis 15:11Genesis 15:12

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Romans 11:6Exodus 33:13I Corinthians 15:10Matthew 12:39Matthew 16:4Luke 11:29

(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.
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Judges 13:15Genesis 18:3Genesis 18:5Genesis 19:3

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Lamentations 4:15

(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.
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Judges 13:15Judges 13:16Judges 13:17Judges 13:18Judges 13:19Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:7Genesis 18:8Leviticus 2:4

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Exodus 29:2Leviticus 7:12Numbers 6:15Leviticus 2:4Judges 6:21Judges 6:20

(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.
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Judges 13:19I Kings 18:33I Kings 18:34

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Judges 6:21Exodus 29:2Leviticus 7:12II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Leviticus 2:4

(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.
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Judges 13:20Leviticus 9:24I Kings 18:38I Chronicles 21:26II Chronicles 7:1

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Exodus 29:2Leviticus 7:12Judges 6:20II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Leviticus 2:4

(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.
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Judges 13:21Judges 13:22Judges 13:23Genesis 16:13Genesis 32:30Exodus 33:20Deuteronomy 5:5Deuteronomy 5:24Deuteronomy 5:26Isaiah 6:5Isaiah 6:6Isaiah 6:7

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II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Judges 6:11Judges 6:21Judges 13:16Judges 13:21

(23) And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
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Genesis 32:30Genesis 43:23Psalms 85:8Daniel 10:19John 14:27John 20:19John 20:26Romans 1:7

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(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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Judges 21:4Genesis 33:20Joshua 22:10Joshua 22:26Joshua 22:27Joshua 22:28Genesis 22:14Exodus 17:15Jeremiah 23:6Jeremiah 33:16Ezekiel 48:35Judges 8:32

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Judges 8:27Judges 8:32

(25) And 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:
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Genesis 35:2Job 22:23Psalms 101:2I Kings 18:21Matthew 6:24II Corinthians 6:15II Corinthians 6:16II Corinthians 6:17Matthew 10:37Acts 4:19Acts 5:29Judges 3:7

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Numbers 8:8Judges 6:28Judges 6:26Exodus 29:10Leviticus 4:4Leviticus 4:15

(26) 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.
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II Samuel 24:18I Corinthians 14:33I Corinthians 14:40

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I Kings 18:33Judges 6:25I Kings 18:23II Chronicles 25:12Malachi 1:8Judges 6:28

(27) 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.
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Deuteronomy 4:1Matthew 16:24John 2:5John 15:14Galatians 1:16I Thessalonians 2:4Psalms 112:5John 3:2

(28) 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.
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Judges 6:25I Samuel 29:10I Kings 18:26Judges 19:5Judges 19:8I Samuel 5:4

(29) 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.
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I Kings 3:11II Chronicles 1:11Judges 8:32

(30) 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.
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Jeremiah 26:11Jeremiah 50:38John 16:2Acts 26:9Philippians 3:6

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8II Kings 10:19II Kings 10:21II Kings 10:23

(31) 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.
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Exodus 23:2Numbers 14:6Ephesians 5:11Deuteronomy 13:5Deuteronomy 13:6Deuteronomy 13:7Deuteronomy 13:8Deuteronomy 13:9Deuteronomy 13:10Deuteronomy 13:11Deuteronomy 13:12Deuteronomy 13:13

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Jeremiah 2:9Hosea 2:2Judges 6:32I Kings 18:26II Kings 10:19II Kings 10:21

(32) Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
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I Samuel 12:11II Samuel 11:21Jeremiah 11:13Hosea 9:10

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Judges 6:31II Kings 10:19II Kings 10:21II Kings 10:23

(33) 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.
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Psalms 3:1Psalms 27:2Psalms 27:3Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10Romans 8:35Romans 8:36Romans 8:37Romans 8:38

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I Samuel 28:4Judges 7:12Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32I Samuel 17:1I Samuel 17:2

(34) But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
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Judges 3:10Judges 13:25Judges 14:19Judges 15:14I Samuel 10:6I Samuel 11:6I Samuel 16:14I Chronicles 12:18II Chronicles 24:20Psalms 51:11I Corinthians 12:8I Corinthians 12:9

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Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32

(35) 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.
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II Chronicles 30:6II Chronicles 30:7II Chronicles 30:8II Chronicles 30:9II Chronicles 30:10II Chronicles 30:11II Chronicles 30:12

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Judges 7:23Judges 7:24I Chronicles 6:62I Samuel 11:9I Samuel 19:20I Samuel 19:21

(36) And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
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Judges 6:14Judges 6:17Judges 6:18Judges 6:19Judges 6:20Exodus 4:1Exodus 4:2Exodus 4:3Exodus 4:4Exodus 4:5Exodus 4:6Exodus 4:7

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II Kings 8:12Psalms 18:27Habakkuk 1:2Exodus 15:26

(37) 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.
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Deuteronomy 32:2Psalms 72:6Hosea 6:3Hosea 6:4Hosea 14:5Psalms 147:19Psalms 147:20Matthew 10:5Matthew 10:6Matthew 15:24

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Judges 6:39Judges 6:38Judges 6:40II Kings 8:12Leviticus 23:38Job 13:25

(38) 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.
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Isaiah 35:7

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Judges 6:37Judges 6:39Exodus 32:6Genesis 22:3Judges 19:9Judges 21:4

(39) And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
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Genesis 18:32Psalms 107:33Psalms 107:34Psalms 107:35Isaiah 35:6Isaiah 35:7Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 43:20Isaiah 50:2Matthew 8:12Matthew 21:43Acts 13:46

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Judges 6:37Judges 6:40Judges 6:38Joshua 3:17Exodus 30:10Judges 16:28

(40) And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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Judges 6:39Joshua 3:17Judges 6:37Judges 6:38

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