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It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
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The Danger of Small Compromises
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott, suggest that Gideon's own 'little deflection'—creating the unauthorized ephod—paved the way for Israel's swift and total apostasy after his death. This serves as a powerful warning that even seemingly small compromises or deviations from God's prescribed will can create a slippery slope toward much greater spiritual failure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Turned again - Doubtless Gideon himself had no doubt prepared the way for this apostasy by his unauthorized ephod. The Law of Moses, with it…
19th Century
Anglican
Turned again.— Ad vomitum redierunt (Serarius) (Psalms 106:13, 21).
Went a whoring after Baalim. —It w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again<…
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As soon as Gideon, who had kept the people in the worship of the God of Israel, was dead, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went …
