◄ Judges 6:38 ►
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Good News Translation
That is exactly what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the wool and wrung enough dew out of it to fill a bowl with water.

New Revised Standard Version
And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

Contemporary English Version
And that's just what happened. Early the next morning, Gideon got up and checked the sheep skin. He squeezed out enough water to fill a bowl.

New American Bible
That is what happened. Early the next morning when he wrung out the fleece, he squeezed enough dew from it to fill a bowl.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

a bowl

Isaiah 35:7 And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

Context
The Sign of the Fleece
…37I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel. 38And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.39And he said again to God: Let not thy wrath be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.…
Cross References
Leviticus 1:15
The priest shall offer it at the altar: and twisting back the neck, and breaking the place of the wound, he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar.

Judges 6:37
I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel.

Judges 6:39
And he said again to God: Let not thy wrath be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.

Judges 6:37
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