Judges 6:20
18 Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
19 So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
21 Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
- KJV
- And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
- WEB
- The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” He did so.
- ASV
- And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
- DARBY
- And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
- BLB
- And the angel of God said to him, “Take the flesh and the unleavened [bread] and lay [them] on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
- ÅB
- Da sa Guds engel til ham: Ta kjøttet og de usyrede kaker og legg det på steinen der, og hell suppen over! Og han gjorde så.
- OTB
- Guds engel instruerte ham: “Ta kjøttet og det usyrede brødet, legg dem på denne steinen, og hell ut suppen.” Og Gideon gjorde det.
- B1930
- Da sa Guds engel til ham: Ta kjøttet og de usyrede kaker og legg det på stenen der, og hell suppen over! Og han gjorde så.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 13:19
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
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Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
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