Bible Strands
Judges 6:38
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gideon acts alone on the threshing floor the morning after his first request to God. He rises early, squeezes the wool fleece, and extracts a bowlful of water to confirm God's promise to save Israel.
The words — וַ/יַּשְׁכֵּם (va/i.yashkem) means "and he rose early," and וַ/יִּמֶץ (va/i.yimetzi) means "and he drained," describing Gideon's deliberate physical actions to collect the dew.
The thread — The emergence of water from dry material parallels Isaiah 35:7, where parched ground becomes a pool and thirsty land springs forth.
Why it lands — The text records Gideon's exact measurement of the collected dew before drawing any conclusion about God's faithfulness. It requires the reader to track how a specific, observable sign functions as the mechanism for confirming a divine promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.