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Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
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God's Glory, Not Man's Strength
All commentators agree that God's primary motive for reducing the army was to ensure He alone received the glory. By making the odds humanly impossible (32,000 vs. 135,000), God deliberately prevented Israel from boasting that their own strength had saved them, a temptation specifically warned against in Deuteronomy 8:17.
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19th Century
Anglican
The people that are with you are too many for me. —This must have put the faith of Gideon to a severe trial, since the Mi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Gideon, the people that are with you are too many It appears, by…
Presbyterian
God provides that the praise of victory may be entirely His, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence accompany d…
