E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 6:26
rock = strong place. ordered place , or due order. offer. See App-43 . as = according as. read more
Judges 6:25-26 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 6:25
GIDEON'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT"And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it; and build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of the stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down. Then Gideon took ten men of his... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:25
25. Take thy father's . . . second bullock—The Midianites had probably reduced the family herd; or, as Gideon's father was addicted to idolatry, the best may have been fattened for the service of Baal; so that the second was the only remaining one fit for sacrifice to God. throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath—standing upon his ground, though kept for the common use of the townsmen. cut down the grove that is by it—dedicated to Ashtaroth. With the aid of ten confidential servants he... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:26
24-32. it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him—The transaction in which Gideon is here described as engaged was not entered on till the night after the vision. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 6:1-32
1. The story of Gideon 6:1-8:32Paul Tanner pointed out that the Gideon narrative consists of five primary structural sections."The first section (Judges 6:1-10) provides the introduction and setting before Gideon’s debut, the second section (Judges 6:11-32) gives the commissioning of Gideon as deliverer of Israel, the third section (Judges 6:33 to Judges 7:18) presents the preparation for the battle, the fourth section (Judges 7:19 to Judges 8:21) recounts the defeat of the Midianite army, and... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 6:11-32
Gideon’s commissioning by Yahweh 6:11-32". . . the heroic women of the song [of Deborah, ch. 5] give way to an unheroic ’man of Israel’ (Judges 7:14) who not only does all he can to evade the call of Yahweh but in the end abandons God. . . . In the person of Gideon the narrator recognizes the schizophrenic nature of Israel’s spiritual personality. On the one hand she treasures her call to be God’s covenant people; on the other she cannot resist the allurements of the prevailing Canaanite... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 6:25-32
Gideon’s public confession 6:25-32"Under normal circumstances the narrative should have proceeded directly from Judges 6:24 to Judges 6:33-35, and then on to Judges 7:1. But the normal sequence is interrupted twice to deal with a pair of abnormalities. The first is an objective issue, the presence of a pagan cult installation in Gideon’s father’s own backyard. The second is a subjective problem, Gideon’s persistent resistance to the call of God." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 265.] After the... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:1-40
Gideon and the MidianitesThe story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different traditions have been used. Gideon, at the bidding of an angel, calls his clan together, and after reducing them to 300 men, and receiving the encouragement of a dream, surrounds the camp of the Midianites and throws them into a panic. The Ephraimites complete the defeat. The two kings of Midian are then... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 6:25
(25) The Lord said unto him.—Luther rightly observes that by such expressions we are not at all meant to understand a voice in the air. It is useless, and therefore undesirable, to speculate as to the exact manner in which the Divine intimation came to him. When God speaks it is not possible for man to mistake His voice. It was distinctly revealed to Gideon that he must be an iconoclast before he could be a deliverer.Even the second bullock.—It has been disputed whether the true rendering is... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 6:25
even , or "and". the grove = the 'asherah. See Exodus 34:13 . App-42 . read more