"Bible Animals (1)"
Bible Reading: Judges 7:1-8Judges 7:1 Then Yeruba‘al, that is, Gid‘on, and all the people with him, got up early and set up camp by ‘Ein-Harod; the camp of Midyan was north of them, by Giv‘at-Moreh, in the valley. 2 Adonai said to Gid‘on, “There are too many people with you for me to hand Midyan over to them, because I don’t want Isra’el to be able to boast against me, ‘We saved ourselves by our own strength.’ 3 Therefore, proclaim to the people ‘Anyone who is anxious or afraid should go back home, while we stay here on Mount Gil‘ad.’” Twenty-two thousand returned, but ten thousand remained.
4 Adonai said to Gid‘on, “There are still too many people. Have them come down to the water, and there I will screen them for you. If I say of anyone, ‘This one is for you,’ he will go with you; and if I say, ‘This one is not for you,’ he won’t go with you.” 5 So he brought the people down to the water, and Adonai said to Gid‘on, “Put to one side everyone who laps up water with his tongue the way a dog does, and put to the other side everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.” 6 Three hundred lapped, putting their hand to their mouth; all the rest of the men got down on their knees to drink water. 7 Adonai said to Gid‘on, “I will use the three hundred men who lapped the water to save you; I will hand Midyan over to you. Let all these others go back home.” 8 So they took the provisions and the shofars of the people; then he sent all the men of Isra’el away, each to his tent. But the three hundred men he kept.
The camp of Midyan was in the valley below him.
-------I love animals! For the next few days we will learn about some animals in the Bible.
Today we will talk about one of my favorite animals - a dog. In our Bible verses, we learn that God told Gideon to lead an army to defeat the Midianites. 32,000 men came to be part of the army. But God said, "...you have too many men. I don't want the Israelites to forget me and brag that they saved themselves" (verse 2b). So Gideon told the men that were afraid to go home. 22,000 men went home.
Then God told Gideon there were still too many men. So the men were led to water and told to take a drink. "There were 300 men who used their hands to bring water to their mouth and lapped it like a dog does. All the other people bent down and drank the water" (verse 6). God chose those 300 men to be Gideon's army because they showed they were alert and watching for the enemy.
God helped Gideon and the 300 men defeat a huge army of Midianites. God is very powerful! He can help you today - just like He helped Gideon.[JK]
"Then Gideon went back to the camp of the Israelites and called out to the people, 'Get up! The Lord will help us defeat the Midianites.'"[Judges 7:15b]
PRAYER: God, thank You for being powerful. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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