Judges 6 · Verse 26

Judges 6:26

And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Judges 6:26, King James Version

Judges 6:26 in other translations

BSBThen build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
WEBThen build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
ASVand build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down.
YLTand thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.'
DARBYand build an altar to Jehovah thy God upon the top of this strong place in the ordered manner, and take the second bullock, and offer up a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah that thou shalt cut down.
BBEMake an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.
WebsterAnd build an altar to the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

What does Judges 6:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:24-32

24-32. it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him--The transaction in which Gideon is here described as engaged was not entered on till the night after the vision.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 With the wood of the grove - It is probable that אשרה Asherah here signifies Astarte; and that there was a wooden image of this goddess on the altar of Baal. Baal-peor was the same as Priapus, Astarte as Venus; these two impure idols were proper enough for the same altar. In early times, and among rude people, the images of the gods were made of wood. This is the case still with the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands, with the Indians of America, and with the inhabitants of Ceylon: many of the images of Budhoo are of wood. The Scandinavians also had wooden gods.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 6:25-32

See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not think it enough not to worship at that altar; he must throw it down, and offer sacrifice on another. It was needful he should make peace with God, before he made war on Midian. Till sin be pardoned through the great Sacrifice…

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Judges 6:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבָנִ֨יתָu.va.Ni.taand you will buildH1129
מִזְבֵּ֜חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
עַ֣ל'alonH5921
רֹ֧אשׁrosh[the] top ofH7218
הַמָּע֛וֹזha.ma.'ozthe place of refugeH4581
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑הba.ma.'a.ra.Khahin the rowH4634
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַפָּ֣רha.Parthe young bullH6499
הַשֵּׁנִ֔יha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145
וְהַעֲלִ֣יתָve.ha.'a.Li.taand you will offer upH5927
עוֹלָ֔הo.Laha burnt offeringH5930
בַּעֲצֵ֥יba.'a.Tzeiwith [the] wood<s> ofH6086
הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha.'a.she.Rahthe Asherah poleH842
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
תִּכְרֹֽת\׃tikh.Rotyou will cut downH3772

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 6:26

  • 1 Corinthians 14:40

    Let all things be done decently and in order.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:33

    For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
build.
2Sa 24:18
rock. Heb. strong place. the ordered place. or, an orderlymanner.
1Co 14:33,40

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Context

  • Judges 6:25

    And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

  • Judges 6:26

    And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

  • Judges 6:27

    Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

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Judges 6:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y edifica altar á Jehová tu Dios en la cumbre de este peñasco en lugar conveniente; y tomando el segundo toro, sacrifícalo en holocausto sobre la leña del bosque que habrás cortado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu bâtiras un autel à l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, sur le sommet de ce lieu fort, avec l’arrangement convenable. Et tu prendras le second taureau, et tu l’offriras en holocauste sur le bois de l’ashère que tu auras coupée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und baue Jehova, deinem Gott, einen Altar auf dem Gipfel dieser Feste mit der Zurüstung; und nimm den zweiten Farren und opfere ein Brandopfer mit dem Holze der Aschera, die du umhauen wirst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ædificabis altare Domino Deo tuo in summitate petræ hujus, super quam ante sacrificium posuisti: tollesque taurum secundum, et offeres holocaustum super struem lignorum, quæ de nemore succideris.