Hakim-hakim 6:17

6:17 Gideon ¹  said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, ²  then give me ³  a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Hakim-hakim 6:21

6:21 The Lord’s messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. ⁴  Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord’s messenger then disappeared. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 6:36-40

6:36 Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, ⁶  as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. ⁷  6:37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it ⁸  is dry, then I will be sure ⁹  that you will use me to deliver Israel, ¹⁰  as you promised.” 6:38 The Lord did as he asked. ¹¹  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ¹²  6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹³  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ¹⁴  6:40 That night God did as he asked. ¹⁵  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

[6:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “perform for me.”

[6:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “extended the tip of the staff which was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread.”

[6:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “went from his eyes.”

[6:36]  ⁶ tn More literally, “you are about to deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:36]  ⁷ tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the ground.”

[6:37]  ⁹ tn Or “know.”

[6:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38]  ¹² tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[6:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[6:40]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “God did so that night.”