Gideon will not be true to his word in Judges 6:37, that if God fulfills his request for a sign, then Gideon will know that God will save Israel by his hand. It was not enough that God makes the fleece wet and the ground dry. That first sign was too easy, too normal. After all, a hard threshing floor just doesn’t get wet with dew. So Gideon wants to see it the other way around. Gideon’s refusal to believe and/or accept the divine word and the divine sign leaves the reader suspicious that Gideon is trying to get out of his assignment. In any case, although he initiates his new demand apologetically, this should not blind the reader to the manner in which Gideon is trying to manipulate God.
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39 Then Gideon said to God, “Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew.”