Judges 6:27 (GNV)

Passage

Then Gideon tooke tenne men of his seruants, and did as ye Lord bade him: but because he feared to doe it by day for his fathers housholde, and the men of the citie, he did it by night.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:25 And the same night the Lord sayd vnto him, Take thy fathers yong bullocke, and an other bullocke of seuen yeeres olde, and destroy the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut downe the groue that is by it,

Judges 6:26 And build an altar vnto the Lord thy God vpon the top of this rocke, in a plaine place: and take the seconde bullocke, and offer a burnt offringe with the woode of the groue, which thou shalt cut downe.

Judges 6:27 Then Gideon tooke tenne men of his seruants, and did as ye Lord bade him: but because he feared to doe it by day for his fathers housholde, and the men of the citie, he did it by night.

Judges 6:28 And when the men of the citie arose early in the morning, beholde, the altar of Baal was broken, and the groue cut downe that was by it, and the seconde bullocke offred vpon the altar that was made.

Judges 6:29 Therefore they saide one to another, Who hath done this thing? and when they inquired and asked, they saide, Gideon the sonne of Ioash hath done this thing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gideon", "tooke", "tenne", "seruants", "lord", "bade", "feared", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gideon" and "tooke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And build an altar vnto the Lord..." into verse 28's "And when the men of the citie...", so "gideon" and "tooke" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gideon" and "tooke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.