Session -89

The Book of Judges Chapter -7

In Session 88 Chapter 6 we learned that the story of Gideon could only happened in a comic book or the Bible.

Chapter 7

Ludicrous

After bargaining with God and his angel and satisfied that everything is proof positive, Gideon raises up an army of around 32,000 to fight the Mid’-i-a-nites.

And the LORD said unto Gedeon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Mid’ -i-a-nites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me  (Judg. 7:2).

How asinine. Who wrote this? One Minute, God is creating the universe and creating life out of clay, The next thing—he’s harden the hearts of kings, so they commit suicide. Now you want us to believe he’s holding a conversation with someone as though he was ordering a pizza and being concerned what the neighbors are going to think. C’mon guys!

So, in order to make himself look good—Gid tells Gideon the following: Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gil’-e-ad. And their returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand (Judg. 7:3).

Wait! God tells Gideon that 10,000 Israelites to fight the Midianites are way to man; so, God tells Gideon basically he will choose the men and orders the remaining men to the river and tells them to drink. Most of them drink from the river, like a normal person would and 300 of them lapped the water, like a dog would. God tells Gideon to take the 300that lapped like dogs to destroy the Midianites.

Houston! We have a problem! There is a mathematically impossibility with the following story:

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto war, and let them go against the Mid’-i-a-nites, and avenge the LORD of Mid’i-an (Num. 31:3).

And they warred against the Mid’-i-a-nites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males (Num. 31:7).

Now therefore kill every male among the little one, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the woman children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves (Num. 31:17-18). Really!

Summary

The story in Numbers Chapter 31 supposedly took place around 1407 BC. The story in Judges Chapter 7 of Gideon and the 300; supposedly took place around 1169 BC—238 years later!

Ivan Peter Kovak