Judges 6:18-20
New English Translation
18 Do not leave this place until I come back[a] with a gift[b] and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”
19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat,[c] along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food[d] to him under the oak tree and presented it to him. 20 God’s angel said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock,[e] and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.[f]
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- Judges 6:18 tn The Hebrew text adds “to you,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 6:18 tn Heb “and I will bring out my gift.” The precise nuance of the Hebrew word מִנְחָה (minkhah, “gift”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a gift offered as a sign of goodwill or submission. In some cases it is used of a gift offered to appease someone whom the offerer has offended. The word can also carry a sacrificial connotation.
- Judges 6:19 tn Heb “a kid from among the goats.”
- Judges 6:19 tn The words “the food” are not in the Hebrew text (an implied direct object). They are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 6:20 tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”
- Judges 6:20 tn Heb “and he did so.”
Judges 6:18-20
King James Version
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
20 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.
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