Judges 6:37

37. A fleece of wool A homely sign, indeed, but none the less natural and appropriate among a simple, nomadic people. Jehovah’s condescension in using a sign so simple, and yielding to this seemingly presumptuous request of Gideon, affords two lessons: 1. That he makes the weak things of the world confound the mighty, (1 Corinthians 1:27;) 2. That he never ignores the prayer of the humble.

The floor The threshing floor, a small plot of ground in the open air, smoothed down and beaten hard. See on Ruth 3:2.