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Judges 6:25-27
New English Translation
Judges 6:25-27
New English Translation
Gideon Destroys the Altar
25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old.[a] Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole. 26 Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern.[b] Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.” 27 So Gideon took ten of his servants[c] and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family[d] and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.[e]
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- Judges 6:25 tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.
- Judges 6:26 tn Possibly “in a row” or “in a layer,” perhaps referring to the arrangement of the stones used in the altar’s construction.
- Judges 6:27 tn Heb “men from among his servants.”
- Judges 6:27 tn Heb “house.”
- Judges 6:27 tn Heb “so he did it at night.”
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