TBESH · H3068G
יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD
Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)
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יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) means “LORD” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yeh-ho-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD
Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)
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יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · The Lord
Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
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יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · (Jerusalem of) the Lord
Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
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from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV glosses: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the lord | 2870 |
| of the lord | 1384 |
| to the lord | 451 |
| o lord | 343 |
| and the lord | 181 |
| then the lord | 171 |
| am the lord | 156 |
| the lords | 72 |
| for the lord | 58 |
| may the lord | 58 |
| but the lord | 54 |
| so the lord | 51 |
| in the lord | 46 |
| as surely as the lord | 39 |
| he | 38 |
| by the lord | 36 |
| from the lord | 36 |
| against the lord | 33 |
| when the lord | 24 |
| is the lord | 23 |
| of the lords | 20 |
| before the lord | 15 |
| that the lord | 14 |
| him | 13 |
| now the lord | 12 |
| has the lord | 11 |
| god | 9 |
| because the lord | 8 |
| is the lords | 8 |
| belongs to the lord | 7 |
| his | 7 |
| lord | 7 |
| and he | 6 |
| again the lord | 5 |
| be the lord | 5 |
| is from the lord | 5 |
| therefore the lord | 5 |
| and may the lord | 4 |
| as the lord | 4 |
| does the lord | 4 |
| if the lord | 4 |
| so he | 4 |
| the lord is | 4 |
| with the lord | 4 |
| yet the lord | 4 |
| against the lords | 3 |
| and | 3 |
| and when the lord | 3 |
| are the lord | 3 |
| are the lords | 3 |
| belong to the lord | 3 |
| even though the lord | 3 |
| from the lords | 3 |
| in his | 3 |
| since the lord | 3 |
| the lord himself | 3 |
| the lord to anger | 3 |
| what the lord | 3 |
| you o lord | 3 |
| and since the lord | 2 |
| are from the lord | 2 |
| because of the lords | 2 |
| but in the lords | 2 |
| but it is the lord | 2 |
| by his | 2 |
| can the lord | 2 |
| did the lord | 2 |
| even if the lord | 2 |
| in him | 2 |
| it is the lord | 2 |
| like the lord | 2 |
| of his | 2 |
| of the lord go | 2 |
| on the lord | 2 |
| the lord also | 2 |
| the lord however | 2 |
| then may the lord | 2 |
| thus the lord | 2 |
| to the lords | 2 |
| with the lords | 2 |
| about the lord | 1 |
| after all the lord | 1 |
| against him | 1 |
| against his | 1 |
| although the lord | 1 |
| and did not the lord | 1 |
| and his | 1 |
| and how he | 1 |
| and how the lord | 1 |
| and now the lord | 1 |
| and that the lord | 1 |
| and the lord will cause | 1 |
| and the lords | 1 |
| and when he | 1 |
| any of the lords | 1 |
| are upon the lord | 1 |
| as one the lord | 1 |
| at the lords | 1 |
| at this time the lord | 1 |
| be the lords | 1 |
| belonging to the lord | 1 |
| bless the lord | 1 |
| but by the lord | 1 |
| but he | 1 |
| by the lords | 1 |
| due the lord | 1 |
| even when the lord | 1 |
| for he | 1 |
| for me | 1 |
| how then can the lord | 1 |
| i the lord | 1 |
| in the lords | 1 |
| indeed the lord | 1 |
| is for the lord | 1 |
| is in the lord | 1 |
| is like the lord | 1 |
| is of the lord | 1 |
| it for the lord | 1 |
| it to the lord | 1 |
| it was the lord | 1 |
| let the lord | 1 |
| meanwhile the lord | 1 |
| moreover the lord | 1 |
| nevertheless the lord | 1 |
| o lord are god | 1 |
| of him | 1 |
| of obligation to the lord | 1 |
| of the lord is | 1 |
| of the lord itself | 1 |
| of the lord of hosts | 1 |
| of the lords temple | 1 |
| offense has the lord | 1 |
| on behalf of the lord | 1 |
| our lord | 1 |
| pray that the lord | 1 |
| rather the lord | 1 |
| so that he | 1 |
| so that his | 1 |
| that he | 1 |
| that he himself | 1 |
| that is why the lord | 1 |
| that it is the lord | 1 |
| that it was the lord | 1 |
| the foundation of the lords | 1 |
| the lord in hebron | 1 |
| the lord loved him | 1 |
| the lord with contempt | 1 |
| the offerings for the lords | 1 |
| then as the lord | 1 |
| then he | 1 |
| there | 1 |
| things the lord | 1 |
| this is the lords | 1 |
| to serve the lord | 1 |
| to the lord begins | 1 |
| to the lord for destruction | 1 |
| to the lord freely | 1 |
| unless the lord | 1 |
| until the lord | 1 |
| upon the lord | 1 |
| upon them o lord | 1 |
| was the lord | 1 |
| were treating the lords | 1 |
| where the lord | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| whom the lord | 1 |
| would the lord | 1 |
| yet it was the lords | 1 |
| yet may the lord | 1 |
| you before the lord | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the lord | 1928 |
| of the lord | 1559 |
| and the lord | 507 |
| unto the lord | 454 |
| o lord | 191 |
| which the lord | 174 |
| for the lord | 157 |
| that the lord | 95 |
| as the lord | 88 |
| to the lord | 70 |
| against the lord | 61 |
| in the lord | 54 |
| from the lord | 52 |
| lord | 49 |
| but the lord | 41 |
| the lords | 39 |
| of the lords | 30 |
| because the lord | 27 |
| me o lord | 23 |
| whom the lord | 19 |
| i the lord | 18 |
| when the lord | 18 |
| therefore the lord | 17 |
| all that the lord | 13 |
| that i the lord | 13 |
| upon the lord | 13 |
| according to all that the lord | 12 |
| not the lord | 12 |
| so the lord | 12 |
| then the lord | 12 |
| with the lord | 12 |
| ye the lord | 12 |
| by the lord | 11 |
| moreover the lord | 10 |
| thee o lord | 10 |
| for i the lord | 8 |
| on the lord | 8 |
| what the lord | 8 |
| and when the lord | 7 |
| in the lords | 7 |
| now the lord | 7 |
| unto him the lord | 7 |
| unto thee o lord | 7 |
| but thou o lord | 6 |
| how that the lord | 6 |
| wherefore the lord | 6 |
| also the lord | 5 |
| behold the lord | 5 |
| hath the lord | 5 |
| if the lord | 5 |
| whither the lord | 5 |
| yea the lord | 5 |
| and it shall be when the lord | 4 |
| before the lord | 4 |
| but now the lord | 4 |
| for behold the lord | 4 |
| for thou lord | 4 |
| it the lord | 4 |
| jehovah | 4 |
| let the lord | 4 |
| not unto them as the lord | 4 |
| of which the lord | 4 |
| them o lord | 4 |
| thou o lord | 4 |
| thus the lord | 4 |
| until the lord | 4 |
| unto them the lord | 4 |
| whereof the lord | 4 |
| wherewith the lord | 4 |
| will the lord | 4 |
| according as the lord | 3 |
| according unto all that the lord | 3 |
| against the lords | 3 |
| and behold the lord | 3 |
| and now the lord | 3 |
| and the lords | 3 |
| be the lord | 3 |
| did not the lord | 3 |
| even the lord | 3 |
| for thus hath the lord | 3 |
| from me o lord | 3 |
| god | 3 |
| howbeit the lord | 3 |
| in thee o lord | 3 |
| it may be that the lord | 3 |
| it unto the lord | 3 |
| not against the lord | 3 |
| now o lord | 3 |
| now therefore o lord | 3 |
| of which the lords | 3 |
| seeing the lord | 3 |
| shall the lord | 3 |
| them for the lord | 3 |
| therefore hath the lord | 3 |
| to provoke the lord | 3 |
| toward the lord | 3 |
| unto them as the lord | 3 |
| unto whom the lord | 3 |
| upon me o lord | 3 |
| wherefore hath the lord | 3 |
| ye of the lord | 3 |
| yet the lord | 3 |
| and it shall come to pass when the lord | 2 |
| and now o lord | 2 |
| and thou lord | 2 |
| because of the lord | 2 |
| between the lord | 2 |
| but for the lord | 2 |
| but o lord | 2 |
| did the lord | 2 |
| for that the lord | 2 |
| for thou o lord | 2 |
| for us unto the lord | 2 |
| furthermore the lord | 2 |
| here i pray thee for the lord | 2 |
| him and the lord | 2 |
| how long lord | 2 |
| i that the lord | 2 |
| it as the lord | 2 |
| me and the lord | 2 |
| me for the lord | 2 |
| neither hath the lord | 2 |
| nevertheless the lord | 2 |
| not because the lord | 2 |
| not of the lord | 2 |
| now therefore behold the lord | 2 |
| of you for the lord | 2 |
| only the lord | 2 |
| sake o lord | 2 |
| so as the lord | 2 |
| so shall the lord | 2 |
| so that the lord | 2 |
| that the lords | 2 |
| that they should be the lords | 2 |
| that thou lord | 2 |
| that which the lord | 2 |
| thee as the lord | 2 |
| them for i the lord | 2 |
| them the lord | 2 |
| them unto the lord | 2 |
| themselves before the lord | 2 |
| then shall the lord | 2 |
| then will the lord | 2 |
| there unto the lord | 2 |
| therefore now lord | 2 |
| therefore that the lord | 2 |
| thereon unto the lord | 2 |
| thou lord | 2 |
| thou of the lord | 2 |
| thou that the lord | 2 |
| thou the lord | 2 |
| unto them by the lord | 2 |
| us o lord | 2 |
| what hath the lord | 2 |
| wherein the lord | 2 |
| why hath the lord | 2 |
| after that the lord | 1 |
| against me before the lord | 1 |
| against me the lord | 1 |
| against thee unto the lord | 1 |
| against them and the lord | 1 |
| against us if so be that the lord | 1 |
| against whom the lord | 1 |
| all this the lord | 1 |
| also by us and the lord | 1 |
| also in the lord | 1 |
| also unto me o lord | 1 |
| among you for the lord | 1 |
| and according unto all that the lord | 1 |
| and as the lord | 1 |
| and god | 1 |
| and he was there with the lord | 1 |
| and i the lord | 1 |
| and if the lord | 1 |
| and it came to pass when the lord | 1 |
| and it shall be to the lord | 1 |
| and let the lord | 1 |
| and now behold the lord | 1 |
| and now i beseech thee o lord | 1 |
| and now lord | 1 |
| and so the lord | 1 |
| and that the lord | 1 |
| and there they be as the lord | 1 |
| and therefore will the lord | 1 |
| and unto the lord | 1 |
| and what doth the lord | 1 |
| and what hath the lord | 1 |
| and wherefore hath the lord | 1 |
| as the lords | 1 |
| at the lord | 1 |
| at the lords | 1 |
| away from the lord | 1 |
| be given thee of the lord | 1 |
| because by him the lord | 1 |
| because of the lords | 1 |
| because that the lord | 1 |
| because the lords | 1 |
| because thou lord | 1 |
| behold now the lord | 1 |
| between me and thee and the lord | 1 |
| between us that the lord | 1 |
| both with the lord | 1 |
| but as for thee the lord | 1 |
| but as for us the lord | 1 |
| but because the lord | 1 |
| but if the lord | 1 |
| but lo the lord | 1 |
| but now o lord | 1 |
| but thou lord | 1 |
| but unto the lord | 1 |
| by him for the lord | 1 |
| concerning whom the lord | 1 |
| counsel of the lord | 1 |
| doth the lord | 1 |
| even as the lord | 1 |
| every one of them and the lord | 1 |
| except as the lord | 1 |
| except the lord | 1 |
| for himself the lord | 1 |
| for in thee o lord | 1 |
| for it was his from the lord | 1 |
| for it was of the lord | 1 |
| for me the lord | 1 |
| for the lords | 1 |
| for the which the lord | 1 |
| for them as the lord | 1 |
| for them hath the lord | 1 |
| for them the lord | 1 |
| for there the lord | 1 |
| for thus shall the lord | 1 |
| for us the lord | 1 |
| for which the lord | 1 |
| for whom the lord | 1 |
| for with the lord | 1 |
| for you unto the lord | 1 |
| forasmuch as the lord | 1 |
| from thee which the lord | 1 |
| from them and the lord | 1 |
| from thence will the lord | 1 |
| hath not the lord | 1 |
| have not i the lord | 1 |
| he of the lord | 1 |
| her the lord | 1 |
| him of the lord | 1 |
| him only the lord | 1 |
| him the lord | 1 |
| him to the lord | 1 |
| him unto the lord | 1 |
| himself before the lord | 1 |
| himself but when the lord | 1 |
| himself in the lord | 1 |
| himself to the lord | 1 |
| himself unto the lord | 1 |
| hitherto hath the lord | 1 |
| how the lord | 1 |
| i o lord | 1 |
| i pray thee here for the lord | 1 |
| i pray thee o lord | 1 |
| i pray thee of the lord | 1 |
| i say on the lord | 1 |
| in by it because the lord | 1 |
| in provoking the lord | 1 |
| in thee for thou lord | 1 |
| in which the lord | 1 |
| is me now for the lord | 1 |
| is not the lord | 1 |
| is the lords | 1 |
| it and the lord | 1 |
| it came to pass that the lord | 1 |
| it except the lord | 1 |
| it for the lord | 1 |
| it i the lord | 1 |
| it may be the lord | 1 |
| it that the lord | 1 |
| it upon us for the lord | 1 |
| it whereas the lord | 1 |
| itself for the lord | 1 |
| lest the lord | 1 |
| let them be before the lord | 1 |
| like as the lord | 1 |
| like unto the lord | 1 |
| like unto thee o lord | 1 |
| likewise when the lord | 1 |
| lo o lord | 1 |
| lords | 1 |
| may be in the lord | 1 |
| me not o lord | 1 |
| me the lord | 1 |
| me then the lord | 1 |
| me unto the lord | 1 |
| nay but whom the lord | 1 |
| no more for i the lord | 1 |
| no not when the lord | 1 |
| none like unto the lord | 1 |
| none like unto thee o lord | 1 |
| nor unto whatsoever the lord | 1 |
| not against us but against the lord | 1 |
| not how thou provokedst the lord | 1 |
| not i the lord | 1 |
| not in the lord | 1 |
| not o lord | 1 |
| not right against the lord | 1 |
| not seeing the lord | 1 |
| not that the lord | 1 |
| not that which the lord | 1 |
| not the lords | 1 |
| not thou he o lord | 1 |
| not to the lord | 1 |
| not unto us o lord | 1 |
| not upon the lord | 1 |
| not ye against the lord | 1 |
| notwithstanding the lord | 1 |
| now for the lord | 1 |
| now then o lord | 1 |
| now therefore unto me by the lord | 1 |
| now unto the lord | 1 |
| of all that the lord | 1 |
| of behold the lord | 1 |
| of him as the lord | 1 |
| of him concerning me i the lord | 1 |
| of it for the lord | 1 |
| of it unto the lord | 1 |
| of me seeing the lord | 1 |
| of such unto the lord | 1 |
| of the same the lords | 1 |
| of them and the lord | 1 |
| of them for the lord | 1 |
| of them so shall the lord | 1 |
| of these things unto the lord | 1 |
| on the lords | 1 |
| ourselves to the lord | 1 |
| over thee whom the lord | 1 |
| over us when the lord | 1 |
| over you the lord | 1 |
| peradventure the lord | 1 |
| provoking the lord | 1 |
| sake did the lord | 1 |
| shall be the lords | 1 |
| shall surely be the lords | 1 |
| shalt thou have of the lord | 1 |
| so now the lord | 1 |
| so unto the lord | 1 |
| so whomsoever the lord | 1 |
| so will the lord | 1 |
| surely the lords | 1 |
| that then the lord | 1 |
| thee and what hath the lord | 1 |
| thee for now would the lord | 1 |
| thee that the lord | 1 |
| thee what the lord | 1 |
| them and the lord | 1 |
| them as the lord | 1 |
| them because the lord | 1 |
| them by the lord | 1 |
| them i the lord | 1 |
| them in the lord | 1 |
| them that the lord | 1 |
| them therefore hath the lord | 1 |
| them to minister unto the lord | 1 |
| them which the lord | 1 |
| them will the lord | 1 |
| themselves lest the lord | 1 |
| themselves to the lord | 1 |
| themselves unto them and provoked the lord | 1 |
| there before the lord | 1 |
| there for the lord | 1 |
| there the lord | 1 |
| there when the lord | 1 |
| therefore as the lord | 1 |
| therefore it shall be when the lord | 1 |
| therefore now o lord | 1 |
| therefore unto the lord | 1 |
| therefore when the lord | 1 |
| therein for the lord | 1 |
| therein to the lord | 1 |
| therein unto the lord | 1 |
| thereof and the lord | 1 |
| thereof the lord | 1 |
| thereof the lords | 1 |
| thereof to the lord | 1 |
| thereon as the lord | 1 |
| thereon let the lord | 1 |
| these unto the lord | 1 |
| thine for the lord | 1 |
| thine o lord | 1 |
| this is the lords | 1 |
| thither the lord | 1 |
| thou in the lord | 1 |
| thou therefore o lord | 1 |
| thou unto us all that the lord | 1 |
| thou us unto thee o lord | 1 |
| though the lord | 1 |
| thyself also in the lord | 1 |
| thyself for then shall the lord | 1 |
| thyself in the lord | 1 |
| till the lord | 1 |
| to her by the lord | 1 |
| to him by the lord | 1 |
| to me o lord | 1 |
| to thee o lord | 1 |
| together unto the lord | 1 |
| unto her the lord | 1 |
| unto him hath not the lord | 1 |
| unto him nay for the lord | 1 |
| unto him what hath the lord | 1 |
| unto me and the lord | 1 |
| unto me by the lord | 1 |
| unto me for i the lord | 1 |
| unto me the lord | 1 |
| unto me where is the lord | 1 |
| unto me wherewith the lord | 1 |
| unto thee because of the lord | 1 |
| unto thee because the lord | 1 |
| unto thee but the lord | 1 |
| unto thee by the lord | 1 |
| unto thee for i the lord | 1 |
| unto thee from the lord | 1 |
| unto thee only the lord | 1 |
| unto thee wherefore hath the lord | 1 |
| unto them behold because the lord | 1 |
| unto them i am the lord | 1 |
| unto them let the lord | 1 |
| upon him and the lord | 1 |
| upon it as the lord | 1 |
| upon me because the lord | 1 |
| upon me lord | 1 |
| upon thee i the lord | 1 |
| upon them as the lord | 1 |
| upon them the lord | 1 |
| upon us o lord | 1 |
| upon which the lords | 1 |
| upon you for the lord | 1 |
| upon you which the lord | 1 |
| us not the lord | 1 |
| us not thou o lord | 1 |
| us the lord | 1 |
| was from the lord | 1 |
| was the lord | 1 |
| what doth the lord | 1 |
| what have ye to do with the lord | 1 |
| whatsoever the lord | 1 |
| where the lord | 1 |
| whereby the lord | 1 |
| wherein the lords | 1 |
| wherewith he provoked the lord | 1 |
| whether the lord | 1 |
| which should be the lords | 1 |
| which thou o lord | 1 |
| with him and that the lord | 1 |
| with me forasmuch as when the lord | 1 |
| with me the lord | 1 |
| with that which the lord | 1 |
| with thee for the lord | 1 |
| with thee i the lord | 1 |
| with whom the lord | 1 |
| within her and the lord | 1 |
| ye him whom the lord | 1 |
| ye in the lord | 1 |
| ye make the lords | 1 |
| ye not against the lord | 1 |
| ye now what the lord | 1 |
| ye provoked the lord | 1 |
| ye that the lord | 1 |
| ye to the lord | 1 |
| yet lord | 1 |
| yet thou o lord | 1 |
| you and the lord | 1 |
| you but the lord | 1 |
| you so shall the lord | 1 |
| you so the lord | 1 |
| you the lord | 1 |
| yourselves to the lord | 1 |
| yourselves unto the lord | 1 |
Page 36 of 111. 5524 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Read word by word“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
Read word by wordAfter Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Read word by wordShe summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
Read word by word“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
Read word by wordThen Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Read word by wordAnd in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
Read word by word“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
Read word by wordListen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordO LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
Read word by wordThe mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordMy heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
Read word by wordthe voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
Read word by wordThen the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
Read word by word‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
Read word by wordSo may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Read word by wordAgain the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Read word by wordIsrael was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
Read word by wordNow when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
Read word by wordHe sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Read word by wordAnd I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
Read word by wordThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
Read word by wordAnd the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
Read word by word“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
Read word by wordThe LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
Read word by word“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
Read word by wordThen the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
Read word by wordWhen Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Read word by wordBut the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
Read word by wordSo Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Read word by wordOn that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
Read word by wordThen build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
Read word by wordSo Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
Read word by wordSo the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
Read word by wordSo Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
Read word by wordThat night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
Read word by wordWhen Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Read word by wordWhen I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
Read word by wordThe three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Read word by wordAnd when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
Read word by word“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
Read word by word“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Read word by wordBut Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
Read word by wordThe Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Read word by wordAnd again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
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