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Judges 6 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
1 MAS los hijos de Israel hicieron lo malo en los ojos de Jehová; y Jehová los entregó en las manos de Madián por siete años.
2 The power of Midian oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the people of Israel made shelters for themselves from the dens in the hills, the caves, and the strongholds.
2 Y la mano de Madián prevaleció contra Israel. Y los hijos de Israel, por causa de los Madianitas, se hicieron cuevas en los montes, y cavernas, y lugares fuertes.
3 It happened that any time the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people from the east would attack the Israelites.
3 Pues como los de Israel habían sembrado, subían los Madianitas, y Amalecitas, y los orientales: subían contra ellos;
4 They would set up their army on the land and destroy the crops, all the way to Gaza. They would leave no food in Israel, and no sheep, nor cattle or donkeys.
4 Y asentando campo contra ellos destruían los frutos de la tierra, hasta llegar á Gaza; y no dejaban qué comer en Israel, ni ovejas, ni bueyes, ni asnos.
5 Whenever they and their livestock and tents came up, they would come as a swarm of locusts, and it was impossible to count either the people or their camels. They invaded the land in order to destroy it.
5 Porque subían ellos y sus ganados, y venían con sus tiendas en grande multitud como langosta, que no había número en ellos ni en sus camellos: así venían á la tierra para devastarla.
6 Midian weakened the Israelites so severely that the people of Israel called out to Yahweh.
6 Era pues Israel en gran manera empobrecido por los Madianitas; y los hijos de Israel clamaron á Jehová.
7 When the people of Israel called out to Yahweh because of Midian,
7 Y cuando los hijos de Israel hubieron clamado á Jehová, á causa de los Madianitas,
8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you out of the house of slavery.
8 Jehová envió un varón profeta á los hijos de Israel, el cual les dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová Dios de Israel: Yo os hice salir de Egipto, y os saqué de la casa de servidumbre:
9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land.
9 Yo os libré de mano de los Egipcios, y de mano de todos los que os afligieron, á los cuales eché de delante de vosotros, y os dí su tierra;
10 I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God; I commanded you not to worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.” But you have not obeyed my voice.'”
10 Y díjeos: Yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios; no temáis á los dioses de los Amorrheos, en cuya tierra habitáis: mas no habéis obedecido á mi voz.
11 Now the angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oak in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash (the Abiezrite), while Gideon, Joash's son, was separating out the wheat by beating it on the floor, in the winepress—to hide it from the Midianites.
11 Y vino el ángel de Jehová, y sentóse debajo del alcornoque que está en Ophra, el cual era de Joas Abiezerita; y su hijo Gedeón estaba sacudiendo el trigo en el lagar, para hacerlo esconder de los Madianitas.
12 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you strong warrior!”
12 Y el ángel de Jehová se le apareció, y díjole: Jehová es contigo, varón esforzado.
13 Gideon said to him, “Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and gave us into the hand of Midian.”
13 Y Gedeón le respondió: Ah, Señor mío, si Jehová es con nosotros, ¿por qué nos ha sobrevenido todo esto? ¿Y dónde están todas sus maravillas, que nuestros padres nos han contado, diciendo: ¿No nos sacó Jehová de Egipto? Y ahora Jehová nos ha desamparado, y nos ha entregado en mano de los Madianitas.
14 Yahweh looked at him and said, “Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
14 Y mirándole Jehová, díjole: Ve con esta tu fortaleza, y salvarás á Israel de la mano de los Madianitas. ¿No te envío yo?
15 Gideon said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? See, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least important in my father's house.”
15 Entonces le respondió: Ah, Señor mío, ¿con qué tengo de salvar á Israel? He aquí que mi familia es pobre en Manasés, y yo el menor en la casa de mi padre.
16 Yahweh said to him, “I will be with you, and you will defeat the entire Midianite army as one man.”
16 Y Jehová le dijo: Porque yo seré contigo, y herirás á los Madianitas como á un [solo] hombre.
17 Gideon said to him, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.
17 Y él respondió: Yo te ruego, que si he hallado gracia delante de ti, me des señal de que tú has hablado conmigo.
18 Please, do not leave here, until I come to you and bring out my gift and set it before you.” Yahweh said, “I will wait until you return.”
18 Ruégote que no te vayas de aquí, hasta que á ti vuelva, y saque mi presente, y lo ponga delante de ti. Y él respondió: Yo esperaré hasta que vuelvas.
19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat and from an ephah of flour he made unleavened bread. He put the meat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot and brought them to him under the oak tree, and presented them.
19 Y entrándose Gedeón aderezó un cabrito, y panes sin levadura de un epha de harina; y puso la carne en un canastillo, y el caldo en una olla, y sacándolo presentóselo debajo de aquel alcornoque.
20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and put them on this rock, and pour out the broth over them.” That is what Gideon did.
20 Y el ángel de Dios le dijo: Toma la carne, y los panes sin levadura, y ponlo sobre esta peña, y vierte el caldo. Y él lo hizo así.
21 Then the angel of Yahweh reached out with the end of the staff in his hand. With it he touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; a fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of Yahweh went away and Gideon could no longer see him.
21 Y extendiendo el ángel de Jehová el bordón que tenía en su mano, tocó con la punta en la carne y en los panes sin levadura; y subió fuego de la peña, el cual consumió la carne y los panes sin levadura. Y el ángel de Jehová desapareció de delante de él.
22 Gideon understood that this was the angel of Yahweh. Gideon said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! For I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!”
22 Y viendo Gedeón que era el ángel de Jehová, dijo: Ah, Señor Jehová, que he visto el ángel de Jehová cara á cara.
23 Yahweh said to him, “Peace to you! Do not be afraid, you will not die.”
23 Y Jehová le dijo: Paz á ti; no tengas temor, no morirás.
24 So Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh. He called it, “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it still stands at Ophrah of the clan of Abiezer.
24 Y edificó allí Gedeón altar á Jehová, al que llamó Jehová-salom: está hasta hoy en Ophra de los Abiezeritas.
25 That night Yahweh said to him, “Take your father's bull, and a second bull that is seven years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.
25 Y aconteció que la misma noche le dijo Jehová: Toma un toro del hato de tu padre, y otro toro de siete años, y derriba el altar de Baal que tu padre tiene, y corta también el bosque que está junto á él:
26 Build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this place of refuge, and construct it the correct way. Offer the second bull as a burnt offering, using the wood from the Asherah that you cut down.”
26 Y edifica altar á Jehová tu Dios en la cumbre de este peñasco en lugar conveniente; y tomando el segundo toro, sacrifícalo en holocausto sobre la leña del bosque que habrás cortado.
27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as Yahweh had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the town to do it during the day, he did it at night.
27 Entonces Gedeón tomó diez hombres de sus siervos, é hizo como Jehová le dijo. Mas temiendo hacerlo de día, por la familia de su padre y por los hombres de la ciudad, hízolo de noche.
28 In the morning when the men of the town got up, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull had been offered on the altar that had been built.
28 Y á la mañana, cuando los de la ciudad se levantaron, he aquí que el altar de Baal estaba derribado, y cortado el bosque que junto á él estaba, y sacrificado aquel segundo toro en holocausto sobre el altar edificado.
29 The men of the city said to one another, “Who has done this?” When they talked with others and searched for answers, they said, “Gideon son of Joash has done this thing.”
29 Y decíanse unos á otros: ¿Quién ha hecho esto? Y buscando é inquiriendo, dijéronles: Gedeón hijo de Joas lo ha hecho. Entonces los hombres de la ciudad dijeron á Joas:
30 Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son so that he may be put to death, because he pulled apart the altar of Baal, and because he cut down the Asherah beside it.”
30 Saca fuera tu hijo para que muera, por cuanto ha derribado el altar de Baal y ha cortado el bosque que junto á él estaba.
31 Joash said to all who opposed him, “Will you plead the case for Baal? Will you save him? Whoever pleads the case for him, let him be put to death while it is still morning. If Baal is a god, let him defend himself when someone pulls his altar apart.”
31 Y Joas respondió á todos los que estaban junto á él: ¿Tomaréis vosotros la demanda por Baal? ¿le salvaréis vosotros? Cualquiera que tomare la demanda por él, que muera mañana. Si es Dios, contienda por sí mismo con el que derribó su altar.
32 Therefore on that day they called Gideon “Jerub Baal,” because he said, “Let Baal defend himself against him,” because Gideon broke down Baal's altar.
32 Y aquel día llamó [él] á Gedeón Jerobaal; porque dijo: Pleitee Baal contra el que derribó su altar.
33 Now all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the people of the east gathered together. They crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
33 Y todos los Madianitas, y Amalecitas, y orientales, se juntaron á una, y pasando asentaron campo en el valle de Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of Yahweh came over Gideon. Gideon blew a trumpet, calling out the clan of Abiezer, so they might follow him.
34 Y el espíritu de Jehová se envistió en Gedeón, y como éste hubo tocado el cuerno, Abiezer se juntó con él.
35 He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.
35 Y envió mensajeros por todo Manasés, el cual también se juntó con él: asimismo envió mensajeros á Aser, y á Zabulón, y á Nephtalí, los cuales salieron á encontrarles.
36 Gideon said to God, “If you intend to use me to save Israel, as you have said—
36 Y Gedeón dijo á Dios: Si has de salvar á Israel por mi mano, como has dicho,
37 Look, I am putting a woolen fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will use me to save Israel, as you said.”
37 He aquí que yo pondré un vellón de lana en la era; y si el rocío estuviere en el vellón solamente, quedando seca toda la otra tierra, entonces entenderé que has de salvar á Israel por mi mano, como lo has dicho.
38 This is what happened—Gideon rose early the next morning, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung out the dew from the fleece, enough to fill a bowl with water.
38 Y aconteció así: porque como se levantó de mañana, exprimiendo el vellón sacó de él el rocío, un vaso lleno de agua.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, I will speak one more time. Please allow me one more test using the fleece. This time make the fleece dry, and let there be dew on all the ground around it.”
39 Mas Gedeón dijo á Dios: No se encienda tu ira contra mí, si aun hablare esta vez: solamente probaré ahora otra vez con el vellón. Ruégote que la sequedad sea sólo en el vellón, y el rocío sobre la tierra.
40 God did what he asked for that night. The fleece was dry, and there was dew on all the ground around it.
40 Y aquella noche lo hizo Dios así: porque la sequedad fué sólo en el vellón, y en toda la tierra estuvo el rocío.
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Gideon
Youngest son of Joash the Abiezrite, called by the angel of the LORD while threshing wheat at Ophrah, who tore down his father's Baal altar and so was named Jerubbaal, routed…
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:32; Judges 7:7
Joash
Abiezrite of Ophrah and father of Gideon, who defended his son against the townsmen who wanted him killed for tearing down the altar of Baal, and in whose tomb Gideon was buried.
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:29–31; Judges 8:32
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- 1 Nehemiah 9:26–29; Judges 2:19–20; Judges 2:11; Numbers 31:1–3; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
- 2 Hebrews 11:38; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11; Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:47–48
- 3 Judges 7:12; Judges 6:33; Judges 3:13; Genesis 29:1; Job 1:3
- 4 Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:51; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:33; Jeremiah 49:9–10
- 5 Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10; Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 49:32; Jeremiah 49:29
- 6 Judges 3:9; Psalm 50:15; Jeremiah 5:17; Psalm 106:43–44; Judges 3:15
- 8 Ezekiel 20:5–32; Psalm 136:10–16; Isaiah 63:9–14; Judges 2:1–3; Nehemiah 9:9–12
- 9 Psalm 44:2–3
- 10 Jeremiah 10:2; Jeremiah 9:13; Exodus 20:2–3; 2 Kings 17:35–39; Judges 2:2
- 11 Joshua 17:2; Hebrews 11:32; Judges 13:3; Judges 8:2; Isaiah 63:9
- 12 Joshua 1:5; Luke 1:28; Judges 2:18; Joshua 1:9; Judges 13:3
- 13 Psalm 77:7–9; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Isaiah 59:1–2; Psalm 44:1; Psalm 89:49
- 14 Joshua 1:5–9; Hebrews 11:34; 1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 4:6; Hebrews 11:32
- 15 Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 9:21; Exodus 4:10; Jeremiah 1:6; Ephesians 3:8
- 16 Joshua 1:5; Exodus 3:12; Acts 11:21; Mark 16:20; Isaiah 41:10
- 17 Psalm 86:17; Exodus 33:13; Isaiah 7:11; Genesis 15:8–17; Exodus 33:16
- 18 Genesis 18:5; Judges 13:15; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:3
- 19 Genesis 18:6–8; Leviticus 2:4; Judges 13:15–19
- 20 Judges 13:19; 1 Kings 18:33–34
- 21 Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1; 1 Chronicles 21:26; Judges 13:20
- 22 Genesis 32:30; Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:26; John 1:18; John 12:41
- 23 Daniel 10:19; Genesis 43:23; John 14:27; John 20:26; John 20:19
- 24 Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Ezekiel 48:35; Judges 8:32; Jeremiah 33:16
- 25 Exodus 34:13; Judges 3:7; 2 Corinthians 6:15–17; Matthew 10:37; Acts 5:29
- 26 1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Samuel 24:18
- 27 1 Thessalonians 2:4; John 2:5; Deuteronomy 4:1; John 3:2; John 15:14
- 30 Acts 26:9; Philippians 3:6; John 16:2; Jeremiah 26:11; Jeremiah 50:38
- 31 Ephesians 5:11; Jeremiah 10:5; Jeremiah 10:11; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Psalm 115:4–7
- 32 1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 7:1; 2 Samuel 11:21; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13
- 33 Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:3; Romans 8:35–39; Psalm 27:2–3; Isaiah 8:9–10
- 34 2 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Judges 3:10; Judges 3:27; Romans 13:14
- 35 Judges 4:6; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12
- 36 Judges 6:14; Matthew 16:1; 2 Kings 20:9; Psalm 103:13–14; Judges 6:17–20
- 37 Matthew 15:24; Hosea 14:5; Matthew 10:5–6; Psalm 72:6; Hosea 6:3–4
- 38 Isaiah 35:7
- 39 Genesis 18:32; Psalm 107:33–35; Isaiah 50:2; Matthew 21:43; Isaiah 43:19–20
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3. Gideon, that Israelite whom God chose, that he might save the people of Israel from the power of foreigners, foreseeing this gracious gift, changed his request, and prophesied that there would be dryness upon the fleece of wool (a type of the people), on which alone at first there had been dew; thus indicating that they should no longer …
For this, ye know, happened in a certain miracle, the ground was dry, the fleece only was wet, yet rain in the fleece appeared not. So also the mystery of the New Testament appeared not in the nation of the Jews.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)