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Message Subject Prophecies Jesus gave in Mathew 24 and Revevelation require internet and smartphone
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And God graciously provided the sign Gideon ask for - Twice:

First:

Judges 6:38 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.

and a second time - for more proof - God reversed it:

Judges 6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
 Quoting: b4its2l8


After this miraculous display - Gideon is all ears; ready to save Israel by his 'own' hands.

In this regard - God wants him to take as few people as possible into battle against the midianites, lest they think that sheer numbers defeated them.
 Quoting: b4its2l8


Judges 7:2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

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God told Gideon to send home any that were afraid - and the rest he said - test them by bringing them to the water.

Those that lapped it like a dog - were the ones he was to take with him.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76660895

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76660895


Apparently, some bible translations are mixing up the verses where God tells Gideon to take the men with him that lapped up the water, and are instead saying those that drank from their hands:

Small excerpt:

Dozens of you vigorously protested my interpretation of Judges, 7:5-7, the passage about how Gideon reduces the size of his army. At God’s orders, Gideon takes his men to the water and has them drink. I wrote:

“Gideon sends home any soldier that picks up water with his hands. He keeps only the soldiers who lap up water with their tongues, like dogs. That leaves him with just 300 men.”

According to many of you, I’m dead wrong: You say Gideon actually sent home the men who lapped like dogs and kept the 300 men who picked up water with their hands....
 
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