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Judges 6:37

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35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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.

39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

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BSB
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
KJV
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
WEB
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
ASV
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken.
DARBY
behold, I put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if dew shall be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
BLB
behold, I shall put a fleece of the wool on the threshing floor. If dew there is on the fleece only, and on all the ground [it is] dry, I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand as You have said.”
ÅB
så legger jeg nå denne avklippede ull på treskeplassen; dersom det da kommer dugg på ullen alene, og hele marken er tørr, da vet jeg at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, som du har sagt.
OTB
se, jeg vil legge en ullfleece på treskeplassen. Hvis det er dugg bare på fleecen og hele bakken er tørr, da vil jeg vite at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, slik du har sagt.”
B1930
så legger jeg nu denne avklippede ull på treskeplassen; dersom det da kommer dugg på ullen alene, og hele marken er tørr, da vet jeg at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, som du har sagt.

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  • Matthew 15:24

    But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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  • Hosea 14:5

    I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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  • Matthew 10:5–6

    These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

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  • Psalms 72:6

    He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

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  • Hosea 6:3–4

    Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

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  • Psalms 147:19–20

    He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:2

    My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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