Judges 6:20 (DBY)

Passage

And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:18 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.

Judges 6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour in unleavened cakes: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it.

Judges 6:20 And the Angel of God said to 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 And 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 rose 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 perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "said", "take", "flesh", "unleavened", "cakes", "upon", and "rock". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And Gideon went in and made ready..." into verse 21's "And the Angel of Jehovah put forth...", so "angel" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.