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Gideon's fleece
Gideon asked God for a sign with a wool fleece: wet when the ground was dry, then dry when the ground was wet. Judges 6:36–40
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Gideon put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor and asked that dew be only on the fleece; in the morning he wrung out a bowl of water. Judges 6:36–38
Then he asked for the opposite: the fleece dry and the ground wet. God did so that night. Judges 6:39–40
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Judges 6:36–40 WEB
36Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken, 37behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.” 38It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.” 40God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
For children
Gideon asked God for a sign with a piece of wool. One night only the wool was wet, and the next night only the wool was dry!