Case File: Gideon

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ARCHIVE NODE 04-B / JUDGES-ERA RECORDS

Subject Era07-14-1191 BC

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Case FileJDG-0006-G

ClearanceCOVENANT V

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Name	GIDEON BEN JOASH
Aliases	JERUBBAAL / THE LORD IS PEACE
Status	DECEASED / INTERRED AT OPHRAH

Birth	c. 12th Century BC	Marks & Identifiers	NONE RECORDED
Place of Birth	OPHRAH, MANASSEH	Hair	DARK
Tribe	MANASSEH	Eyes	DARK
Parentage	JOASH (CLAN OF ABIEZER)	People	HEBREW / ISRAELITE
Occupation	THRESHER / JUDGE / DELIVERER	Species	HUMAN
Affiliation	HOUSE OF ISRAEL	Calling	MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR
Primary Mission	DELIVER ISRAEL FROM MIDIAN	Known Signs	THE FLEECE / THE THREE HUNDRED / TORCHES AND TRUMPETS
Covenant Role	JUDGE AND DELIVERER	Divine Access	DIRECT / ANGEL OF THE LORD - JUDGES 6

// Field Assessment

Divine Encounter Level	DIRECT	Judicial Classification	JUDGE / DELIVERER
Covenant Status	DELIVERER	Known Miracles	SIGNS OF THE FLEECE
Divine Commission	CONFIRMED	Threat Assessment	MIDIANITE HOSTS / IDOLATRY
Mission Status	COMPLETED	Archive Category	DELIVERANCE

// Administrative Notes

Size of the final force: THREE HUNDRED MEN

Fate of the golden ephod: A SNARE TO HIS HOUSE

Remarks:

The subject was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from Midian when the angel of the LORD addressed him as a mighty man of valor and commissioned him to save Israel.

Seeking confirmation, the subject asked for a sign with a fleece of wool: first wet while the ground was dry, then dry while the ground was wet. The LORD granted both.

The LORD reduced his army from thirty-two thousand to three hundred, lest Israel boast that its own hand had saved it. The men were chosen by the manner in which they drank.

By night the three hundred surrounded the Midianite camp with trumpets and torches hidden in jars. At the signal they broke the jars, blew the trumpets, and cried, A sword for the LORD and for Gideon; the enemy fled in confusion.

The subject declined kingship, saying the LORD would rule over them, yet fashioned a golden ephod that became a snare. The land had rest during his days.

Primary Sources:

JUDGES 6-8

Secondary References:

HEBREWS 11:32 / PSALM 83:9-12

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