Judges 6:20 (DRB)

Passage

And the angel of the Lord said to him: Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and pour out the broth thereon. And when he had done so,

Nearby Context

Judges 6:18 And depart not hence, till I return to thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming.

Judges 6:19 So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and putting the flesh in a basket, and the broth of the flesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and presented to him.

Judges 6:20 And the angel of the Lord said to him: Take the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and pour out the broth thereon. And when he had done so,

Judges 6:21 The angel of the Lord put forth the tip of the rod, which he held in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and there arose a fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves: and the angel of the Lord vanished out of his sight.

Judges 6:22 And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "So Gedeon went in and boiled a..." into verse 21's "The angel of the Lord put forth...", so "angel" and "lord" 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 "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.