Tonight I have been putting together my presentation for class tomorrow morning.

We are going through Joshua, Judges and Ruth in our class. This week we are studying the account of Gideon. I used some of the pictures that I took in Israel in the presentation.

I previously used this picture in my post Up to Jerusalem. I wrote the post the day that I visited the spring of Harod. If you don’t know what happened here, you can read the passage below.

Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.’” Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained. And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.” And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.” So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

(Judges 7:1-8 ESV)

Here is a picture of the stream that flows out of the spring of Harod. This was taken during the dry season so there is not much water. However, I could imagine Gideon’s men kneeling down to drink water.

I decided to add this picture to the presentation as it is one of my favorites from my first trip to Israel. I really like this Scarlet Dragonfly. You can learn more about the dragonfly at: Harod Dragonfly

I also put together a slide that showed how close the spring of Harod was to Jezreel. I used a picture that I had taken from Jezreel along with a map clip from googlemaps. One of the interesting things that I have learned during my trips to Israel is how close things are to each other.

Now to do a little more study before I go to sleep.

Steven