Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Judges 6:20-24
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.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse Judges 6:20. _TAKE THE FLESH, C._] The angel intended to make the flesh and bread an _offering_ to God, and the _broth_ a _libation_....
POUR OUT THE BROTH - Libations were a very ancient form of offering (compare Genesis 35:14). The drink offerings of wine under the Levitical law were poured upon the altar Exodus 30:9. The pouring of...
4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_ 2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7) 3. Gideon, the deliv...
JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *. For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...
GOD. Elohim. See note on Judges 6:12, above. THIS. you....
He is now told to set down the flesh and the cakes upon the rock, and to pour out the broth. The latter act was distinctly sacrificial, though broth is not used elsewhere for a libation. There is reas...
_The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a 11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23 and Genesis 18 J; the...
_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_ 11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the...
GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different traditi...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the ideal judge like Mose...
THE ANGEL OF GOD. — Here alone in the chapter called “the angel of Elohim” and not “of Jehovah.” UPON THIS ROCK. — Rather, _upon yonder crag._ The living rock (Exodus 20:22) served well as an altar....
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים קַ
GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER Judges 6:15 "The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of Ophrah. It is a persona...
FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH Judges 6:19 Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the proposal of the...
After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
Thereon. Thus he would shew Gedeon that he had no need of food. He would exercise his obedience, and manifest a greater miracle, as the flesh and bread would be less apt to take fire, when the angel t...
Observe the trials of faith. In pouring out the broth, and laying the flesh on the cold rock, would not both cool? And how then should both be fit for sacrifice? Is it not thus frequently done by the...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
AND THE ANGEL OF GOD SAID UNTO HIM,.... Instead of sitting down and partaking of the entertainment made for him, he bid him do as follows: TAKE THE FLESH, AND THE UNLEAVENED CAKES, AND LAY THEM UPON...
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. Ver. 20. _And lay them upon this rock._] Christ is c...
_Lay them upon this rock_ Undoubtedly it gave Gideon some surprise, to be commanded to dispose thus of the refreshments which he had so hospitably prepared; but as he had doubtless by this time concei...
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance. 17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire. 24 Gideon destroyet...
And the Angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, which He pointed out to him, AND POUR OUT THE BROTH, namely, over the food. And he did so....
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARS TO GIDEON...
THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven years...
11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 6:20 Angel H4397 God H430 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) meat H1320 bread H4682 lay...
‘ And the Angel of God said to him, “Take the flesh, and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock. and pour out the broth, and he did so.” ' “POUR OUT THE BROTH”. This was an immediate indicat...
Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon. CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon, prophet, Joash. CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest ser...
Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
_There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._ GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is best fitted for the reception of heaven...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions (Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_ THE UNSEEN FRIEND CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.] Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one particular person known a...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:11 AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called "the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...
So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six, AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the han...
1 Kings 18:33; 1 Kings 18:34; Judges 13:19...
GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST Judges 6:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...