Judges Chapter 6 verse 40 Holy Bible
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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And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.
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And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
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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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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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God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) It was dry upon the fleece only.--Such a result as this--not being in accordance with natural circumstances--could only have arisen from direct interposition. Besides the simple narrative, which tells us of these results as a sign granted to Gideon in accordance with his prayer, it is of course possible to allegorise the dew as the sign of God's grace, and to say that the first sign represented Israel as replenished with God's love when all was dry around (Hosea 14:5, "I will be as the dew unto Israel;" Micah 5:7, "Jacob shall be as the dew"); and the second, the fact that "God manifested himself in the weakness and forsaken condition of His people, while the nations were flourishing all around." Similarly St. Ambrose (De Sp. Sanct, Prol. in 1) sees in the fleece full of dew the Hebrew nation hiding the mystery of Christ within itself, and in the dry fleece that mystery extended to all the world, but leaving the Hebrew nation dry. It would be equally possible to give a mystic significance to the threshing-floor, as a type of the universal Church (Matthew 3:12, &c.). But these allegoric applications of simple narratives are, to say the least, precarious; nor is there much value in Ewald's comparison of the fleece to Gideon's character, cool amid the general passion, dry amid the general damp of fear.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd thatהַה֑וּא (ha·hū)Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, arenightבַּלַּ֣יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3915: A twist, night, adversityGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativedidוַיַּ֧עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6213: To do, makeso.כֵּ֖ן (kên)AdverbStrong's 3651: So -- thusOnlyלְבַדָּ֔הּ (lə·ḇad·dāh)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief ofthe fleeceהַגִּזָּה֙ (hag·giz·zāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1492: A fleecewasוַיְהִי־ (way·hî-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bedry,חֹ֤רֶב (ḥō·reḇ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2721: Dryness, drought, heatand dewטָֽל׃ (ṭāl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2919: Night mist, dewcoveredהָ֥יָה (hā·yāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bethe ground.הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landJump to PreviousAlone Covered Dew Drought Dry Earth Night Round Wool
