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ple: Blefs ye the LORD.

The Song of Deborah and Barak.

Before Hazor, and the houfe of Heber the Kenite. Chrift 18 And Jael went out to meet Sifera, and 1296. faid unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me, fear not and when he had turned in unto her, | Or, into the tent, fhe covered him with a mantle. 19 And he faid unto her, Give me, I pray thee a little water, to drink, for I am thirsty and Chan. 5. fhe opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

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4 2 Chron. 17. 16.

I Mac. 2.

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20 Again he faid unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it fhall be when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and fay, Is there any man here? that thou fhalt fay, No.

21 Then Jael Hebers wife, took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went foftly unto him, and fmote the nail into his temples, and fastned it into the ground: (for he was fast afleep and weary) fo he died.

22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sifera, Jael came out to meet him, and faid unto him, Come, and I will fhew thee the man whom thou feekeft. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sifera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So God fubdued on that day, Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Ifrael.

24 And the hand of the children of Ifrael profpered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king

of Canaan.

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2 Praife ye the LORD for the avenging of b Deut. 4. Ifrael, when the people willingly offered them11. & 33. felves.

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Deur. 32.

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3 Hear, Oye kings, give ear, O ye princes; I even I will fing unto the LORD, I will fing praife Ifai. 64. 3. to the LORD God of Ifrael.

2.

Pfal. 68.8.

Hab. 3.3.

d Pfal. 97.

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flowed.

4 LORD, b when thou wenteft out of Seir, when thou marchedft out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,

Exod. 19. the clouds alfo dropped water.

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31.

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5 d The mountains + melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD Chap.4. God of Ifrael.

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Lev. 26. 6 In the days off Shamgar the fon of A2 Chron. nath, in the days of 8 Jael, h the high-ways were unoccupied, and the † travellers walked Lam. 1.4 through by-ways.

15. 5.

Ifai. 33.8.

& 4. 18. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceafed, they ceased in Ifrael, until that I Deborah arofe, that

Heb.

walkers

of paths. + Heb. Crooked

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I arofe a mother in Ifrael.

8 They chofe new gods; then was war in ways. the gates: k was there a fhield or fpear feen aSo 18am, mong forty thousand in Ifrael?

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9 My heart is toward the governors of Ifrael,

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11 They that are delivered from the noife of Meditate. archers in the places of drawing water; there 4. & 12. fhall they rehearse the righteous acts of the 14: LORD, even the righteous acts towards the inha- rightconf bitants of his villages in Ifrael: then fhall thenes of the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a fong: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou fon of Abinoam.

13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

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30 Have they not fped? have they not di15.9. vided the prey, to every man a damfel or two? the head of to Sifera a prey of divers colours, aprey of divers colours of needle-work, of divers colours of needle-work on both fides, meet for the necks of them that take the fpoil?

Aman.

31 So let all thine enemies perifh, O LORD: 2 Sam. but let them that love him, be a as the fun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had reft forty years.

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Gideon fent for their deliverance.

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8 That the LORD fent + a prophet unto the Before children of Ifrael, which faid unto them, Thus Chrift faith the LORD God of Ifrael, I brought you up 1249. from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the + Heb. house of bondage,

a man a

9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the prophet. Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppresfed you, and drave them out from before you,and gave you their land;

10 And I faid unto you, I am the LORD your God,d fear not the gods of the Amorites in whofe 42 King. land ye dwell but have not obeyed my jer. 10. 2. voice.

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17.35,38.

II And there came an angel of the LORD, and fate under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joafh the Abi-ezrite: and his fon e Joh. 17. Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press, † to f Hebr. hide it from the Midianites.

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12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto Gdeon. him, and faid unto him, The LORD is with thee, † Heb. thou mighty man of valour.

13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, faying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forfaken us, and delivered us into the hands. of the Midianites.

to cause it to flee.

14 And the LORD looked upon him, and faid, 8 Go in this thy might, and thou fhalt fave Ifraelg 1 Sam. from the hand of the Midianites: have not I fent 12.11.

Hebr. I Lo 32.

thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord,, wherewith fhall I fave Ifrael? behold h my fa- h See +my mily is poor in Manaffeh, and I am the least in my 1 Sam. 9. fathers houfe.

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the mean

16 And the LORD faid unto him, Surely I then and is will be with thee, and thou fhalt fmite the Midianites, as one man.

eft:

Exod. 18.

17 And he faid unto him, If now I have found 21, 25. grace in thy fight, then fhew me a fign that thou talkeft with me.

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my prefent, Chap-13 and fet it before thee. And he said, I will tarry 15. until thou come again.

Or, meat

offering.

19 And Gideon went in, and made ready +a+ Heb. kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: a kid of the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth the goats. in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and prefented it.

20 And theangel of God faid unto him, Take the flesh, and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and k pour out the broth. And see he did fo.

21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth theend of the ftaff that was in his hand,and touch

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35 And he fent meffengers throughout all Before Manaffeh, who alfo was gathered after him, and Chrift he fent meffengers unto Aiher, and unto Zebu- 1249. lun, and unto Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

Judges. Before ed the flesh, and the unleavened cakes: and Chrift 1 there rofe up fire out of the rock, and confumed 1249. the flesh, and the unleavened cakes: then the Lev. 9. angel of the LORD departed out of his fight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon faid, Alas, O m Gen. 16. Lord GOD: m for because I have feen an angel of 13. & 32. the LORD face to face.

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30. Exod.33. 23 And the LORD faid unto him, Peace be Ch.13.22. unto thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

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24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the That is, LORD, and called it | Jehovah-fhalom: unto fend peace: this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. See Exod. 25 And it came to pass the fame night that 1er.33.16. the LORD faid unto him, Take thy fathers young Ezek. bullock, even the fecond bullock of feven years Ch.8.32. old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy Or, and father hath,and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God Deut.7.5. upon the top of this rock, in the ordered frong place. place, and take the second bullock, and offer a Or, in an burnt-facrifice with the wood of the grove which thou fhalt cut down.

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28 And when the men of the city arofe early in the morning, behold the altar of Baal was caft down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered the altar that was built.

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29 And they faid one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they faid, Gideon the fon of Joafh hath done this thing.

30 Then the men of the city faid unto Joafh, Bring out thy fon that he may die: because he hath caft down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

31 And Joafh faid unto all that flood againft him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye fave him? 2 Sam. he that will plead for him,let him be put to death, whilft it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, becaufe one hath caft down his altar.

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36 And Gideon faid unto God, If thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid,

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor: and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth befide, then fhall I know that thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou haft faid.

38 And it was fo: for he rofe up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together,and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.

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And Gideon faid unto God, Let not Gen. 184 thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak 32. but this once: Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

40 And God did fo that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

CHAP. VII.

1 Gideons army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three hundred: 9 He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the barley cake: 16 His firatagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb.

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and pitched befide the well of Harod: fo that the hoft of the Midianites were on the north-fide of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

2 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, left Ifrael vaunt themselves against me, faying, Mine own hand hath faved me.

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3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, faying, Whofoever is fearful and & Deut.201 afraid,let him return and depart early from mount Mac. 3Gilead: and there returned of the people twenty and two thoufand, and there remained ten thou fand.

4 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, The people are yet too many bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there and it fhall be, that of whom I fay unto thee, This fhall go with thee, the fame fhall go with thee; and of whomfoever I fay unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the fame fhall not go.

5 So he brought down the people unto the water and the LORD faid unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him fhalt thou fet by him

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His ftratagem.

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6 And the number of them that lapped,putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the reft of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

7 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped, will I fave you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he fent all the rest of Hrael, every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the hoft of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

9 And it came to pafs the fame night, that the LORD faid unto him, Arife, get thee down unto the hoft, for I have delivered it into thine

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12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites, e Ch. 6. 5, and all the children of the eaft, lay along in the valley like grafhoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the fand by the fea-fide for multitude.

Hab, the

13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and faid, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the hoft of Midian, and came unto a tent, and fmote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14 And his fellow anfwered, and faid, This is nothing elfe fave the fword of Gideon the fon of Joafh, a man of Ifrael: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the hoft.

15 And it was fo, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation breaking thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the hoft of Ifrael, and faid, Arife, for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the hoft of Midian.

shereof.

+ Heb.

the hand of

16 And he divided the three hundered men into

erumpets in mans hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps three companies, and he put + a trumpet in every all of them. Within the pitchers, Or, fire- 17 And he faid unto them, Look on me, and do likewife: and behold, when I come to the out fide of the camp, it fhall be that as I do, fo fhall ye do.

brands, or,

torches.

18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets alfo

Oreb and Zeeb flain.

on every fide of all the camp, and fay, The Sword Before of the LORD, and of Gideon,

19 So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp, in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly fet the watch, and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The fword of the LORD, and of Gideon."

21 And they stood every man in his place, round about the camp: and all the hoft ran, and cried, and fled.

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22 And the three hundred blew the trum- d Josh. 6. pets, and the LORD fet f pets, and the LORD fet f every mans fword a- 2 Cor. gainst his fellow, even throughout all the hoft: 4.7. and the host fled to Beth-fhittah, in Zererath, fai. 9.4? and to the + border of Abel-meholah, unto Tab-ft Sam. bath.

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14.20. 2 Chron.

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23 And the men of Ifrael gathered themfelves 20.23. together out of Naphtali, and out of Afher, and out of all Manaffeh, and purfued after the + Heb. lip.. Midianites.

24 And Gideon fent meffengers throughout all mount Ephraim, faying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto & Beth-barah and Jor- & John dan.

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25 And they took two princes of the Mi- Pfal. 83, dianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they flew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zecb they flew at the wine-prefs of Zeeb, and purfued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, to Gideon on the other fide Jordan.

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Zebah and Zalmunna taken.

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Before 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had faid that.

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b See * Sam. 25.10.

Heb.

thrish.

30.

Gen. 32.

4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and paffed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

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5 And he faid unto the men of Succoth, Give, pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me, for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

6 And the princes of Succoth faid, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that b we should give bread unto thine army?

7 And Gideon faid, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will + tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with briers.

8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and fpake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel anfwered him, as the men of Succoth had answered him.

9 And he spake alfo unto the men of Penuel, faying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hofts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hofts of the children of the eaft: for there fell an hundred 1 Or, an bundred and twenty thousand men that drew fword. and twenty thonfand, every one drawing a fword. d Numb. fecure. 32.35,42.

11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of d Nobah, and Jogbchah, and fmote the hoft: for the holt was

12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he e Pf.83.11. pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna,and + difcomhted terrified. all the host.

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13 And Gideon the fon of Joash returned from battle before the fun was up,

14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he † defcribed unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threefcore and feventeen men.

15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and faid, Behold, Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, faying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wildernefs, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

17 And he beat down the tower of f Penuel, and flew the men of the city.

18 Then faid he unto Zebah and Zalmun

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Gideon's ephod the cause of idolatry. na, What manner of men were they whom Before flew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou Chrift art, fo were they, each one † refembled the king. children of a 19 And he faid, They were my brethren,even according to the fons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if the form, ye had faved them alive, I would not flay you.

20 And he faid unto Jether his firft-born, Up, and flay them: but the youth drew not his fword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

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21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna faid, Rife thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, fo is his strength. And Gideon arose, and flew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments || Or, ornathat were on their camels necks.

22 Then the men of Ifrael faid unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy fon,and thy fons fon alfo: for thou haft delivered us from the hand of Midian.

23 And Gideon faid unto them, I will not rule over you, over you, neither fhall my fon rule over you: 8 the LORD fhall rule over you.

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24 And Gideon faid unto them, I would defire 8.7.& a request of you, that you would give me every 12.12. man the ear-rings of his prey: (for they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ifhmaelites)

25 And they answered, We will willingly give 13. them. And they fpread a garment, and did caft therein, every man the ear-rings of his prey.

26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested, was a thoufand and seven hundred shekels of gold, befide ornaments, and

Gen. 25.

collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings | Or, wees of Midian, and beside the chains that were about jewels. their camels necks.

27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and i Ch.17. 5. put it in his city, even k in Ophrah; and all Ifrael Ch.6.24. went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

28 Thus was Midian fubdued before the children of Ifrael, so that they lifted up their heads no more: and the country was in quietnefs forty years in the days of Gideon.

29 And Jerubbaal the fon of Joafh went and dwelt in his own house.

30 And Gideon had threefcore and ten fons of his body begotten: for he had many + Heb. wives.

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