Judges 8:3 meaning and explanation

God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

Judges 8:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Ephraim's men are angry because Gideon called them only after the battle, so they miss the honor of the main fight. Gideon answers with a proverb: the grapes left for gleaners in Ephraim's vineyards surpass the whole harvest of his own clan, Abiezer.

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