Judges 6:39
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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.

let not thine

Genesis 18:32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

dry

Psalm 107:33-35 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of waters into dry ground: . . .

Isaiah 35:6,7 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness. . . .

Isaiah 43:19,20 Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. . . .

Isaiah 50:2 Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst.

Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 21:43 Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 22:21 And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee.

Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore to you that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles: and they will hear it.

Romans 11:12-22 Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world and the diminution of them the riches of the Gentiles: how much more the fulness of them? . . .

Context
The Sign of the Fleece
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.40And God did that night as he had requested: and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.…
Cross References
Genesis 18:32
I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

Judges 6:38
And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Judges 6:40
And God did that night as he had requested: and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Lexicon
Then Gideon
גִּדְעוֹן֙ (giḏ·‘ō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1439: Gideon -- a judge of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

God,
הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

“Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

be angry
יִ֤חַר (yi·ḥar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

with me;
בִּ֔י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

let me speak
וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה (wa·’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

one more time.
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

Please allow me
נָּא־ (nā-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

one more
הַפַּ֙עַם֙ (hap·pa·‘am)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

test
אֲנַסֶּ֤ה (’ă·nas·seh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5254: To test, to attempt

with the fleece.
בַּגִּזָּ֔ה (bag·giz·zāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1492: A fleece

This time
נָ֨א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let it be
יְהִי־ (yə·hî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

dry,
חֹ֤רֶב (ḥō·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2721: Dryness, drought, heat

and the ground
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

be
יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

covered
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

with dew.”
טָּֽל׃ (ṭāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2919: Night mist, dew


Additional Translations
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground be covered with dew.”And Gideon said to God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

And Gedeon said to God, Let not, I pray thee, thine anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground.

And Gideon said to God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once! Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it, I pray thee, be dry upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: Let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Gideon said to God, "Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

And Gideon saith unto God, 'Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece -- let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'
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