Judges 6:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 6:11

9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and ^adrove them out before you and gave you their land.

10 Also I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; ^ado not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not obeyed My ^bvoice.’ ”

Gideon

11 Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash ^athe Abiezrite, while his son ^bGideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.

12 And the ^aAngel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is ^bwith you, you mighty man of valor!”

13 Gideon said to Him, “O¹ my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And ^awhere are all His miracles ^bwhich our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has ^cforsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, ^a“Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. ^bHave I not sent you?”

15 So he said to Him, “O¹ my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed ^amy clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

16 And the Lord said to him, ^a“Surely I will be with you, and you shall¹ defeat the Midianites as one man.”

17 Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then ^ashow me a sign that it is You who talk with me.

18 ^aDo not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”

19 ^aSo Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.

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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American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

Amplified® Bible
Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak (terebinth) at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

Contemporary English Version
One day an angel from the LORD went to the town of Ophrah and sat down under the big tree that belonged to Joash, a member of the Abiezer clan. Joash's son Gideon was nearby, threshing grain in a shallow pit, where he could not be seen by the Midianites.

Darby English Version
Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo'ash the Abiez'rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid'ianites.

Good News Bible
Then the LORD's angel came to the village of Ophrah and sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was threshing some wheat secretly in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.

King James Version
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 winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save {it} from the Midianites.

New International Version
The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.

New King James Version
Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that grew in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon beat out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.

Revised Standard Version
Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo'ash the Abiez'rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid'ianites.

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger of Jehovah cometh and sitteth under the oak which `is' in Ophrah, which `is' to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and Gideon his son is beating out wheat in the wine-press, to remove `it' from the presence of the Midianites;

New English Translation
The Lord’s angelic messenger¹ came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon² was threshing³ wheat in a winepress⁴ so he could hide it from the Midianites.⁵

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