Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

 

From Background Notes [BN] for January 18^th & 19^th  written by Pastor Bob Brown:

 

By including the phrase “to this day,” the writer invests the Gideon story with enduring importance, suggesting that what happened in ancient times is worth remembering.  Indeed, the biblical text often invites the listener “to remember” and from this lively memory to gain assurance and increase obedience.

 

Places were memorials that called to mind what Yahweh had done in the past so that new lessons might apply to the present.  [BN,4]

 

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