It was Gideon’s place to act the part of the “avenger of blood” (Numbers 35:12; Deuteronomy 19:6). The fierce manners of th…

And he said to Jether. — By the jus talionis, as well as by every other consideration of that time, Gideon, as the last s…

There was always an itching among the Israelites to have a king, an earthly monarch to rule over them; but God did not design it that way.

It…

And he said unto Jether, his firstborn, up, and slay them ,
Being the near kinsman of his father's brethren, whom th…

The kings of Midian must be reckoned with. As they confessed themselves guilty of murder, Gideon acted as the avenger of blood, being the next of k…