GIDEON'S FLEECE
Judges 6:33-40
33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of
the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the
valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon
Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was
gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto
Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 36 And
Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said, 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 [beside], then shall I know that thou wilt save
Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he
rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and
wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And
Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I
will speak 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 so that night:
for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the
ground._
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