A Tumbling Loaf of Barley Bread

If you were at the bottom of a big hill, would you be afraid of a little loaf of barley bread tumbling down the hillside towards you? Perhaps you would not be. However, in the passage we look at this time there was a tumbling loaf of barley bread which struck fear in the hearts of two men. We might in amazement ask, “who would ever be afraid of a loaf of bread?” To us it might seem almost ridiculous. Nevertheless, it was an important part of the next step in Gideon’s march to the battlefield as...