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Judges 06 Translation Questions
Q? What did the people of Israel do because of Midian?
A. Because of Midian, the people of Israel made shelters for themselves from the dens in the hills, the caves, and the strongholds. [6:2]
Q? What happened any time the Israelites planted their crops?
A. Any time the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack the Israelites. [6:3]
Q? How many Midianites and Amalekites would attack?
A. It was impossible to count them. [6:5]
Q? In whose land were the people of Israel living?
A. They were living in the land of the Amorites. [6:10]
Q? Why was Gideon separating out the wheat by beating it on the floor, in the winepress?
A. Gideon was separating out the wheat by beating it on the floor, in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. [6:11]
Q? What did Gideon think Yahweh had done to the people of Israel?
A. Gideon thought Yahweh had abandoned them and had given them over to the power of Midian. [6:13]
Q? Why did Gideon think he could not deliver Israel?
A. Gideon thought he could not deliver Israel because his family was the weakest in Manasseh, and he was the least important in his father's house. [6:15]
Q? Why did Yahweh wait for Gideon?
A. Yahweh waited for Gideon to bring him a gift. [6:18]
Q? Where did the angel of God tell Gideon to put the meat and unleavened bread?
A. The angel of God told Gideon to put the meat and unleavened bread on a rock. [6:20]
Q? What happened when the angel of Yahweh reached out with the end of the staff in his hand?
A. When the angel of Yahweh reached out with the end of the staff in his hand, he touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; a fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. [6:21]
Q? Why was Gideon afraid when he understood that he had seen the angel of Yahweh?
A. Gideon was afraid when he understood that he had seen the angel of Yahweh because he thought he would die. [6:22-23]
Q? What did Yahweh tell Gideon to build on the top of the place of refuge?
A. Yahweh told him to build an altar to Yahweh on the top of the place of refuge. [6:26]
Q? Why did Gideon do what Yahweh told him to do at night?
A. Gideon did what Yahweh told him to do at night because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the town to do it during the day. [6:27]
Q? Why did the men of the town want to put Gideon to death?
A. The men wanted to put Gideon to death, because he pulled apart the altar of Baal, and because he cut down the Asherah beside it. [6:30]
Q? Why was Gideon given the name, "Jerub Baal"?
A. Gideon was given the name, "Jerub Baal," because he said, "Let Baal defend himself against him," because Gideon pulled apart his altar. [6:32]
Q? What did Gideon do to find out if Yahweh intended to use him to save Israel?
A. Gideon put a woolen fleece on the threshing floor. He said that if there was dew only on the fleece, and it was dry on all the ground, then he would know that Yahweh would use him to save Israel. [6:36-37]
Q? When Gideon pressed the fleece together, and wrung out the dew from the fleece, how much water was there?
A. When Gideon pressed the fleece together, and wrung out the dew from the fleece, there was enough water to fill a bowl. [6:38]
Q? What was Gideon's second test for God?
A. Gideon's second test was for God to make the fleece dry, and let there be dew on all the ground around it. [6:39]