“And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me — Gideon requests provisions for his weary army. Succoth, obligated by covenant law (משפט, mishpat), must provide hospitality to Israelite warriors. This moment tests whether the Transjordanian tribes recognize Gideon's divine commission.
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