A Response to Three Questions of a Christian — Page 18
18 the anger of the Exalted Maker (says the present-day Torah) was roused. See, ‘And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses. ’ (Exodus 4:14) And all that Gideon had done is manifest from Judges 6:36–40. 1 How he persistently experimented! Let fair-minded Christians ponder over this. 1. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside , then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 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 wa- ter. And Gideon said unto 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 now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Judges 6:36–40) [Publisher]