The Lord shall rule over you. —Numbers 23:21; Deuteronomy 33:5; 1 Samuel 6:12. Gideon …

He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold,…

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you
Not that he declined the government of them as a judge, to which…

Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.

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