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29 And they said to one another,[a] “Who did this thing?” So they searched and inquired, and they said, “Gideon son of Jehoash did this thing.” 30 And the men of the city said to Jehoash, “Bring out your son so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah that was beside it.” 31 But Jehoash said to all who stood against him,[b] “Will you contend for Baal? Will you rescue him? Whoever contends for him will be put to death by the morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself because his altar has been pulled down.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:29 Literally “And each man to his neighbor said”
  2. Judges 6:31 Or “who arrayed against him”
  3. Judges 6:31 Literally “because he has pulled down his altar”; the subject in Hebrew has not been specified