Judges 6:27-29

Lexham English Bible

²⁷ Gideon took ten men from his servants, and he did just as Yahweh told him;^[a] and because he was too afraid of his father’s family^[b] and the men of the city to do it during the day, he did it during night.

Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal

²⁸ When the men of the city got up early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal and the Asherah^[c] that was beside it were cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. ²⁹ And they said to one another,^[d] “Who did this thing?” So they searched and inquired, and they said, “Gideon son of Jehoash did this thing.”