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26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, in proper order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt-offering with the wood of the sacred pole[a] that you shall cut down.’ 27 So Gideon took ten of his servants, and did as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night.

Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal

28 When the townspeople rose early in the morning, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the sacred pole[b] beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:26 Heb Asherah
  2. Judges 6:28 Heb Asherah

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