“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:”
That night the LORD said to him, 'Take your father's bull, the second one seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it; — The LORD's command initiates the spiritual reformation necessary for covenant restoration. Gideon's destruction of 'the altar of Baal' and 'the Asherah' that his own father maintained indicates the depth of religious syncretism and the radical reformation required.
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