SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 6:37

6:37a then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor.

⌊this is what I ask of you⌋ . I will spread a sheepskin on the floor where the wheat is threshed.
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Well, I will lay down the skin of a sheep in the place where people thresh the wheat.

6:37b If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry,

Make the dew settle only on the sheepskin, and make all the ground around it be dry.
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During the night dew will settle on the wool. If the ground around it remains dry

6:37c then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

Then I will know that you mean what you said. You want to use me to deliver Israel.”
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it will be a sign that you want to use me to rescue the people of Israel. That is what you said.”

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