9. I rescued you from the power of the Egyptiansand from the power of those who oppressed you.I forced people out of your way.I gave you their land.
10. I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God.You must never fear the gods of the Amoritesin whose land you will live.’But you have not obeyed me.”
11. The Messenger of the Lord came and sat under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash from Abiezer’s family. Joash’s son Gideon was beating out wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.