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NASB | Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his father's household (relatives) and the men of the city to do it during daylight, he did it at night. |
Bible Question:
Judg 7:9 Now the same night it came about that the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands. Judg 7:10 "But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp, Judg 7:11 and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp." So he went with Purah his servant down to the outposts of the army that was in the camp. Gideon's life seems to be one characterized by fear and obedience. It is interesting that God deals with his fearfulness, but not as though Gideon's fearfulness was sinful unbelief. It may have been, but God does not seem to deal with him as if it was, but instead God is very patient with Gideon. This example of God dealing with one of his people is uplifting, but is raises a question in my mind: Whereas the fear of God is always right, is Gideon's kind of fear(s) sinful or just ordinary human weakness? (Whereas Jesus exhibited human weaknesses, fear was not one of them.) Peace, |
Bible Answer: Lionstrong, You are onto something here. Let me quote a passage from one of my favorite books(unfortunately out of print) in which the authors touch briefly on certain aspects of the Book of Judges. "But why employ irony, why invite disgust when describing the heroes of Judges? The author's attitude toward them is surely not the attitude he has takes towards God's repeated deliverance of his people. This repeated deliverance would indeed be the cause of joy and exhultation. But this is only half the story--and the response of the reader is tied to the other half. The author's attitude toward these heroes is rather the attitude he thinks his reaaders should have toward the repeated need for God to save (and to punish) his people, to do so again and again, long after he has already brought them to the promised land. Embarrasment, revulsion, disgust. God might well have been saving the sinful Israelites, but he was sending them exactly the kind of judges they deserved, judges who embodied the Hebrew's own weakness and perversity...Samson fits the pattern of a champion of a people unworthy of their God--a champion strong but stupid, willful, lustful, unclean..." Before Abraham Was, The Unity of Genesis 1-11 pgs. 133,134 Isaac M Kikawada and Arthur Quinn Abingdon Press 1985 Ignatius Press 1989 Emmaus |
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