Qn. 1 The LORD said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, “My own hand has saved me.’ (2): God’s way is very different from the people’s way. People look at the physical appearance: quantity, size, things that […]

Qn. 1, 3 …, “Arise, for the LORD has given the host of Midian into your hand” (15): Gideon knew God’s plan for the Midianites. Without delay he set off with his men and went to attack them. They used simple means, yet they defeated them. The source of their strength was: 1) A good […]

Qn. 5 “God has given into your hands the prince of Midian,…. Then their anger against him subsided when he said this (3): The accusation of the men of Ephraim for not having called them to go to fight was comprehensible (1). Instead of arguing with them, he talked to them respectfully using adequate words […]