Judges 6:32–40

³²Therefore on that day he named him ^aJerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he had torn down his altar.

³³Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east assembled themselves; and they crossed over and camped in ^athe valley of Jezreel.

³⁴So ^athe Spirit of the Lord ¹came upon Gideon; and he ^bblew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him.

³⁵He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, ^aZebulun, and Naphtali, and ^bthey came up to meet them.

Sign of the Fleece

³⁶Then Gideon said to God, “^aIf You will deliver Israel ¹through me, as You have spoken,

³⁷behold, 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 will know that You will deliver Israel ¹through me, as You have spoken.”

³⁸And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

³⁹Then Gideon said to God, “^aDo not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

⁴⁰God did so that night; for it was dry only on the fleece, and dew was on all the ground.