This page gives you ready-to-use Bible study questions for Judges 6, with a leader’s answer or discussion note for each one. It suits a small group, a Sunday class, or a personal study where you want to move past a surface reading of Gideon’s story. Each question points to specific verses so the group can return to the text together.
Judges 6 at a Glance
Judges 6 opens with Israel under seven years of pressure from the Midianites, who raid the land at harvest time and leave the people hiding in caves and mountain strongholds. Israel cries out to the LORD, and he sends a prophet to remind them of what he has already done for them. Then the story turns to Gideon, a farmer threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it hidden, when the LORD’s angel calls him a mighty man of valor.
Gideon responds with doubt and questions, asks for signs, tears down his father’s altar to Baal at night, and then gathers an army. The chapter ends with two fleece tests, which show a man who is still uncertain but is willing to keep asking God for confirmation.
Observation Questions
Use these questions first, before anyone offers an interpretation. Ask the group to answer from the text itself, pointing to the verse where they found each detail, so the discussion stays grounded in what is written.
Judges 6:12
The LORD’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
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This is the moment the angel calls Gideon a mighty man of valor. Reading it aloud lets the group hear the striking contrast with Gideon’s self-description that follows, and it sets up the whole story of his transformation.
Judges 6:14-16
14 The LORD looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?” 15 He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” 16 The LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
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Here God sends Gideon and answers his objection with the promise of his presence. Reading the exchange aloud helps the group notice how often God’s response to fear is a commission and a promise rather than an explanation.
Judges 6:23-24
23 The LORD said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.” 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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These verses hold God’s words of peace and Gideon’s altar named “The LORD is Peace.” Hearing them spoken together reminds the group that peace is given before the battle, and it gives the session a moment of quiet reflection.
Judges 6:34
But the LORD’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
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The Spirit comes on Gideon, and the trumpet is blown. Reading this verse aloud marks the transition from private doubt to public leadership, and it invites the group to reflect on how God’s Spirit works within unfinished people.
Judges 6:40
God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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The chapter closes with the fleece dry and the ground wet, as Gideon asked. Reading the final verse aloud gives the group a clear ending point, and it can open a closing conversation about how God answers the honest questions of his people.
Memory Verse for Judges 6
Judges 6:16
The LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
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Encourage the group to memorize this verse because it captures the heart of Gideon’s calling: God’s promise to be with his people as they act. Memorizing it helps members recall, in hard moments, that the work is grounded in God’s presence rather than in their own strength.
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we come to you as Gideon did, with questions, fears, and a sense that we are small for the work you have given us. Thank you that you meet us in our weakness and speak to us as those who can still be called people of valor. Help us to remember what you have already done for us, as the prophet reminded Israel, and give us courage to act on your promises even when we cannot yet see the full picture. Where we are hiding in fear, draw us out into the light of your presence. Let the peace you spoke to Gideon settle over us, and make us willing to pull down whatever competes with you in our homes and hearts. Amen.
