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===Gideon and His 300 Warriors ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206-8&version=NIV Chapters 6–8])=== | ===Gideon and His 300 Warriors ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206-8&version=NIV Chapters 6–8])=== | ||
[[file:054.Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers.jpg | | [[file:054.Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers.jpg |thumb| px| ''Gideon Chooses 300 Soldiers'' by Gustave Doré, 1866]] | ||
Again, Israel did evil, and for seven years, they were oppressed by the Midianites. The Midianites would swarm in whenever the Israelites planted crops, ruining the harvest. They did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. The people made hiding places in the caves of the mountains, and life became so difficult that they were impoverished. | Again, Israel did evil, and for seven years, they were oppressed by the Midianites. The Midianites would swarm in whenever the Israelites planted crops, ruining the harvest. They did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. The people made hiding places in the caves of the mountains, and life became so difficult that they were impoverished. | ||