Judges 6 begins "Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. . ." Today in Judges 6-8, Gibeon is called to drive the Midianites out of Israel. There are hoards of Midianites, and they ride camels into their attacks, giving them a great advantage over the Israelites, who are on foot. They have had to hide in caves to save their lives and have lost most of their crops. When Gideon is called, he wants to offer sacrifice. Before he can do this, he must tear down an altar to Baal and its Ashera pole in order to build a proper altar. This is just part of the evil done in Israel.
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