Giudici 6:27

27 Allora Gedeone prese dieci uomini fra i suoi servitori e fece come l’Eterno gli avea detto; ma, non osando farlo di giorno, per paura della casa di suo padre e della gente 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 In quella stessa notte, l’Eterno gli disse: "Prendi il giovenco di tuo padre e il secondo toro di sette anni, demolisci l’altare di Baal che è di tuo padre, abbatti l’idolo che gli sta vicino,

26 e costruisci un altare all’Eterno, al tuo Dio, in cima a questa roccia, disponendo ogni cosa con ordine; poi prendi il secondo toro, e offrilo in olocausto sulle legna dell’idolo che avrai abbattuto".

27 Allora Gedeone prese dieci uomini fra i suoi servitori e fece come l’Eterno gli avea detto; ma, non osando farlo di giorno, per paura della casa di suo padre e della gente della città, lo fece di notte.

28 E quando la gente della città l’indomani mattina si levò, ecco che l’altare di Baal era stato demolito, che l’idolo postovi accanto era abbattuto, e che il secondo toro era offerto in olocausto sull’altare ch’era stato costruito.

29 E dissero l’uno all’altro: "Chi ha fatto questo?" Ed essendosi informati e avendo fatto delle ricerche, fu loro detto: "Gedeone, figliuolo di Joas, ha fatto questo".