Jesus feeds 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and two fish (Matthew 14:13-21). Gideon hears a man talking about his dream, in which “God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.” Equation 3: Ratio 1 man to 450 men…bad odds.Īnd that’s just one of MANY situations in the Bible where the numbers don’t add up. Knowing Gideon’s fearful tendencies, God kindly encourages Gideon to go down to the Midian camp and listen. Now God tells Gideon that he is going to conquer an army of 135,000 with only 300 men! To put it in perspective, each Israelite would be responsible for defeating 450 Midianites. Equation 1: Midianites of 135,000 > Gideon’s Israelites of 32,000.ĭoes God command Gideon to send 300 home and keep 9,700? No! He sends 9,700 home and keeps only 300. Then He tells Gideon to separate his troops by how they drink water: one group has 300, one group has 9,700. Let anyone who trembles with fear go home,” and 22,000 Israelites leave. In Judges 6:14 God tells Gideon to “go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.” So Gideon gathers his army of 32,000 men to fight 135,000 Midianites and their allies.Īlready the numbers don’t add up: the Israelites are down 103,000! God wants to make sure the people don’t try to take credit, so He tells Gideon, “You have too many men. But He was just getting warmed up, and Judges 7 shows us that the God of the universe wouldn’t pass your little brother’s 4th grade math class! In our last B-log, we learned cool stuff about Gideon in Judges 6, where God had to get past Gideon’s fears and insecurities. God STINKS at math (see above) – keep reading to find out why and what might supersede some equations…

Today we’re focusing on how God stinks at math, yes you heard that right. God tells Gideon that he is going to conquer an army of 135,000 with only 300 men! Did you miss the last post? Read it here! -Roger that! I’ll be back as your trusty Eagle Lake B-logger every other week, at least until you get sick of me. So, I prefer to call it a B-Log, as in Bible log.

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