Judges 6:25-35

English Standard Version Chapter 6

That night the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order.

That night the LORD said to him:

Take your father’s bull

And the second bull seven years old

And pull down the altar of Baal that your father has

And cut down the Asherah that is beside it

And build an altar to the LORD your God

On the top of the stronghold here

With stones laid in due order.

English Standard Version Chapter 6

Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

Then take the second bull:

Offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down

So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him

But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he id it by night.

When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. And they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And after they had searched and inquired, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.” Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.” But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.” Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.

When the men of the town rose early in the morning:

Behold, the altar of Baal was broken down

And the Asherah beside it was cut down

And the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built

And they said to one another

“Who has done this thing?”

And after they had searched and inquired, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”

Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.”

But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal?

Or will you save him?

Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning.

If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.”

Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say,

“Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.

English Standard Version Chapter 6

Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. But the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon, and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.

Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together:

They crossed the Jordan and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel

But the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon

And he sounded the trumpet

and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him.

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him

And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.