“And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.”
and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, in proper order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.' — The instruction to build a proper altar to the LORD and offer the bull as a burnt offering frames Gideon's destruction of idolatrous fixtures as preparation for restored covenant worship. The use of the Asherah wood for fuel emphasizes the conversion of instruments of apostasy into fuel for legitimate sacrifice.
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