The Lord said unto him. —How this intimation was given we are not told. The Septuagint does not here change “the Lord” in…

And the Lord said to him
Either by a secret impulse upon his spirit, or by a voice from heaven; and even, as Kimchi …

Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet lived in obscurity during those times; he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was v…