Giudici 6:27

27 Gedeone adunque prese seco dieci uomini, d’infra i suoi servitori, e fece così, come il Signore gli avea detto; e, temendo di farlo di giorno, per cagion della casa di suo padre, e degli uomini della città, lo fece di notte.

Giudici 6:27 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:27

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants
Not only whom he could command, but could confide in, and whom he knew would cheerfully engage in this work, being like himself, who had not bowed the knee to Baal; and as there was much work to do, and it required dispatch, such a number was necessary; since he had not only the altar of Baal to throw down, and his grove or idol to cut down, but an altar to build, and a sacrifice to be taken and offered:

and did as the Lord had said unto him;
all the above things, he set about them at once, and dispatched them all in one night; so ready and cheerful was he in obedience to the divine command:

and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of
the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night;
for both his father's family, and the inhabitants of the city of Ophrah, were all idolaters, worshippers of Baal; and this fear of them was not a fear of being reproached or punished for what he did, or of any harm coming to him for the fact, which as he might expect would be known, so the risk was the same, be it done when it would; but it was a fear of being restrained and hindered from doing it, and therefore in point of prudence, and consulting the honour of God and religion, and not his own safety, he took the time of the night to do it in.

Giudici 6:27 In-Context

25 E in quella stessa notte il Signore gli disse: Prendi il giovenco di tuo padre, e il secondo bue di sette anni; e disfai l’altare di Baal, che è di tuo padre, e taglia il bosco che gli è appresso.

26 Ed edifica un altare al Signore Iddio tuo in su la cima di questa rocca, nell’istesso luogo ove tu avevi posto l’apparecchio di quelle vivande; poi prendi quel secondo bue, e offeriscilo in olocausto con le legne del bosco che tu avrai tagliato.

27 Gedeone adunque prese seco dieci uomini, d’infra i suoi servitori, e fece così, come il Signore gli avea detto; e, temendo di farlo di giorno, per cagion della casa di suo padre, e degli uomini della città, lo fece di notte.

28 Ed essendosi gli uomini della città levati la mattina, ecco, l’altare di Baal era stato disfatto, e il bosco che gli era appresso era stato tagliato, e quel secondo bue era stato offerto sopra l’altare ch’era stato edificato.

29 Ed essi dissero l’uno all’altro: Chi ha fatto questo? E avendone domandato, e ricercato, fu detto: Gedeone, figliuol di Ioas, ha fatto questo.