Judges 6:21 (ASV)

Passage

Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: 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.

Judges 6:20 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.

Judges 6:21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

Judges 6:22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.

Judges 6:23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "jehovah", "forth", "staff", "hand", "touched", "flesh", and "unleavened". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And the angel of God said unto..." into verse 22's "And Gideon saw that he was the...", so "angel" and "jehovah" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "angel" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.