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==Life of Gideon== | ==Life of Gideon== | ||
===Called to Be a Judge=== | ===Called to Be a Judge=== | ||
[[File:Engel des Heren verschijnt aan Gideon, RP-P-OB-45.836.jpg| | [[File:Engel des Heren verschijnt aan Gideon, RP-P-OB-45.836.jpg|thumb | 250px |''The Angel of the Lord Appears to Gideon'' by Jan Luyken, 1712]] | ||
Gideon was the son of Joash from the Abiezrite clan of the tribe of Manasseh. He lived in [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ophrah Ophrah]. One night, Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites when the [[angel]] of the LORD appeared to him. The angel told Gideon that God had chosen him as a judge to rescue Israel.<ref name="기드온 사사">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206%3A11-14%20&version=NIV|title=Judges 6:11-14 |quote= }}</ref> Gideon humbled himself as the least of the [[The Twelve Tribes of Israel|tribe]] of Manasseh<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206%3A15%20&version=NIV|title=Judges 6:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and asked for a sign to see if this mission was truly from God. In response, the angel performed a miracle—fire rose from a rock and consumed the offering Gideon had prepared.<ref name="기드온 천사">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+6%3A17-21&version=NIV |title=Judges 6:17–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | Gideon was the son of Joash from the Abiezrite clan of the tribe of Manasseh. He lived in [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ophrah Ophrah]. One night, Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites when the [[angel]] of the LORD appeared to him. The angel told Gideon that God had chosen him as a judge to rescue Israel.<ref name="기드온 사사">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206%3A11-14%20&version=NIV|title=Judges 6:11-14 |quote= }}</ref> Gideon humbled himself as the least of the [[The Twelve Tribes of Israel|tribe]] of Manasseh<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206%3A15%20&version=NIV|title=Judges 6:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and asked for a sign to see if this mission was truly from God. In response, the angel performed a miracle—fire rose from a rock and consumed the offering Gideon had prepared.<ref name="기드온 천사">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+6%3A17-21&version=NIV |title=Judges 6:17–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
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===Choosing the 300 Warriors=== | ===Choosing the 300 Warriors=== | ||
[[File:Johann Heinrich Schönfeld - Gideon prüft sein Heer - GG 1143 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg| | [[File:Johann Heinrich Schönfeld - Gideon prüft sein Heer - GG 1143 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|thumb | 300px |''Gideon Checks His Army'' by Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1640–1642]] | ||
The Midianite army was massive—over 135,000 soldiers strong. In comparison, the Israelites had only 32,000 men, just a fraction of their enemy’s numbers. But even that was too many in God’s eyes. He knew that if Israel won with such a force, they might boast of their own strength instead of giving credit to Him. | The Midianite army was massive—over 135,000 soldiers strong. In comparison, the Israelites had only 32,000 men, just a fraction of their enemy’s numbers. But even that was too many in God’s eyes. He knew that if Israel won with such a force, they might boast of their own strength instead of giving credit to Him. | ||
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===Defeating the Midianite Army=== | ===Defeating the Midianite Army=== | ||
[[file:God-has-given-the-whole-camp-into-our-hands.jpg | | [[file:God-has-given-the-whole-camp-into-our-hands.jpg |thumb | 250px |Gideon overhearing the Midianite soldiers]] | ||
God let Gideon spy out the Midianite camp before leading his men into battle. When Gideon arrived, he saw the Midianites as numerous as the locusts and as numerous as the sand on the seashore. While listening outside one of the tents, he overheard two Midianite soldiers talking. One of them described a dream in which a loaf of barley bread rolled into the Midianite camp and collapsed a tent. His companion interpreted the dream, saying, “This must mean that God has given Midian into the hands of Gideon.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%207%3A10-15&version=NIV|title=Judges 7:10-15|quote= }}</ref> Even after getting ready to go to war, Gideon was still in fear, but this finally gave him courage. | God let Gideon spy out the Midianite camp before leading his men into battle. When Gideon arrived, he saw the Midianites as numerous as the locusts and as numerous as the sand on the seashore. While listening outside one of the tents, he overheard two Midianite soldiers talking. One of them described a dream in which a loaf of barley bread rolled into the Midianite camp and collapsed a tent. His companion interpreted the dream, saying, “This must mean that God has given Midian into the hands of Gideon.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%207%3A10-15&version=NIV|title=Judges 7:10-15|quote= }}</ref> Even after getting ready to go to war, Gideon was still in fear, but this finally gave him courage. | ||
[[File:Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools (1919) (14781741022).jpg| | [[File:Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools (1919) (14781741022).jpg|thumb | 250px |Bible Primer, Illustrated in Old Testament, Augustana Book Concern, 1919: Gideon’s warriors breaking jars and blowing trumpets]] | ||
That night, Gideon and his 300 warriors set out to attack the Midianites—but their strategy was anything but ordinary. Armed with clay jars, torches, and trumpets, they carried out a bold plan. Dividing the men into three groups of 100, Gideon positioned them around the Midianite camp. At his signal, the men smashed their jars, raised their torches high, blew their trumpets, and shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” The sudden crash of breaking jars, the blaze of torches in the darkness, and the blast of trumpets sent the Midianite camp into chaos. Overwhelmed by fear and confusion, the soldiers turned on one another with their swords. | That night, Gideon and his 300 warriors set out to attack the Midianites—but their strategy was anything but ordinary. Armed with clay jars, torches, and trumpets, they carried out a bold plan. Dividing the men into three groups of 100, Gideon positioned them around the Midianite camp. At his signal, the men smashed their jars, raised their torches high, blew their trumpets, and shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!” The sudden crash of breaking jars, the blaze of torches in the darkness, and the blast of trumpets sent the Midianite camp into chaos. Overwhelmed by fear and confusion, the soldiers turned on one another with their swords. | ||