Judges 6:25-26

25 That same night the LORD said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old.^[a] Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole^[b] beside it.

26 Then build a proper kind of^[c] altar to the LORD your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second^[d] bull as a burnt offering.”

Judges 6:25-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 6

In this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in through the Midianites, Jud 6:1-6, of a prophet being sent unto them to reprieve them for their sins, Jud 6:7-10 of an angel appearing to Gideon, with an order to him to go and save Israel out of the hands of the Midianites, Jud 6:11-16 and of a sign given him by the angel, whereby he knew this order was of God, Jud 6:17-24, and of the reformation from idolatry in his father's family he made upon this, throwing down the altar of Baal, and building one for the Lord, Jud 6:25-32, and of the preparation he made to fight the Midianites and others, Jud 6:33-35, but first desired a sign of the Lord, that Israel would be saved by his hand, which was granted and repeated, Jud 6:36-40.

Cross References

• 1. ver 26,28,30; Exodus 34:13; S Judges 2:13; Deuteronomy 7:5
• 2. S Genesis 8:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd"
• [b]. That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30
• [c]. Or "build with layers of stone an"
• [d]. Or "full-grown" ; also in verse 28