Judges 6:22

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20 The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and ^alay them on this rock, and ^bpour out the broth.” And he did so.

21 Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and ^afire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

22 Now Gideon ^aperceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! ^bFor I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”

23 Then the Lord said to him, ^a“Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.”

24 So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it¹ The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still ^ain Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

25 Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and ^atear down the altar of ^bBaal that your father has, and ^ccut down the wooden image that is beside it;

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Adam Clarke

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Judges 6:22

Alas , O Lord God ! for because I have seen - This is an elliptical sentence, a natural expression of the distressed state of Gideon' s mind: as if he had said, Have mercy on me, O Lord God! else I shall die; because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face. We have frequently seen that it was a prevalent sentiment, as well before as under the law, that if any man saw God, or his representative angel he must surely die. On this account Gideon is alarmed, and prays for his life. This notion prevailed among the heathens, and we find an instance of it in the fable of Jupiter and Semele. She wished to see his glory; she saw it, and was struck dead by the effulgence. See the notes on Exodus 33:20. We find that a similar opinion prevailed very anciently among the Greeks. In the hymn of Callimachus, , ver. 100, are these words: -

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\ri720 "The laws of Saturn enact, that if any man see any of the immortal gods, unless that god himself shall choose it, he shall pay dearly for that sight."

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Judges 6:22:

Judges 13:22
Luke 5:8

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