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The deliverance campaign of Gideon, who was called by the angel at the winepress of Ophrah, verified God’s call with the fleece, routed the vast Midianite host at the valley below Tabor with three hundred men, and pursued the kings of Midian across the Jordan to Succoth.
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Gideon is called at the winepress of Ophrah, destroys the altar of Baal, and tests God with the wet and dry fleece.
Encamped by the spring of Harod near the hill of Moreh, Gideon’s force is reduced to three hundred men who panic the Midianites with trumpets and burning torches.
Gideon crosses the Jordan in pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna, punishing the rebellious elders of Succoth with desert briers.
Gideon refuses hereditary kingship, makes a golden ephod at Ophrah, and lives to a peaceful old age.