Is the Spirit’s clothing of Gideon a reflection of Gideon’s spirituality?

It is important to remember that this occurs in the context of Gideon's confronting God with the need for a sign. Block explains that we need not interpret this clothing of Gideon too differently from every other instance in which the Spirit is described as having come/rushed upon its object. This expression, reminiscent of Numbers 24:3 (in which case Balaam, the Mesopotamian prophet, experiences the same phenomenon) does not presuppose any particular level of spirituality on the part of the recipient.¹

Christians can be inclined to read the New Testament concepts of indwelling and filling back into the Old Testament. But as Younger Jr. remarks, "these do not really equate. To be filled with the Spirit in the New Testament speaks to spirituality, that is, the one who is filled is controlled by the Spirit with the consequent actions being spiritual activities (Ephesians 5:18–20). In the Old Testament the notion is that of empowerment for a particular task, though it is apparent that the recipient might misuse this empowerment (e.g., Judges 14:19).”²