Judges 8:19-21

The Message

¹⁹ Gideon said, “They were my brothers, my mother’s sons. As God lives, if you had let them live, I would let you live.”

²⁰ Then he spoke to Jether, his firstborn: “Get up and kill them.” But he couldn’t do it, couldn’t draw his sword. He was afraid—he was still just a boy.

²¹ Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Do it yourself—if you’re man enough!” And Gideon did it. He stepped up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. Then he took the crescents that hung on the necks of their camels.

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