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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Judges 8:1

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Why haft thou, &c. - Why hast thou neglected and despised us, in not calling us in to thy help, as thou didst other tribes? These were a proud people, puffed up with a conceit of their number and strength, and the preference which Jacob gave them above Manasseh, of which tribe Gideon was, who by this act had seemed to advance his own tribe, and to depress theirs. Judges 8:2
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