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Verse Judges 6:22. _ALAS, O LORD GOD! FOR BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN_] This
is an elliptical sentence, a natural expression of the distressed
state of Gideon's mind: as if he had said, Have mercy on me, O L...
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ALAS, O LORD GOD! - Compare Joshua 7:7. “because I have seen an
angel of the Lord” Compare the marginal references, in which the
notion that it was death for mortal man to see God appears clearly.
The...
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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *.
For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the
Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...
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O LORD GOD. O Adonai Jehovah. App-4, (2).
FOR BECAUSE. forasmuch as....
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Now at last Gideon recognizes the nature of his Guest; he is
overwhelmed with terror, for he has intruded upon the holiness of God,
and death must be the penalty; cf. Judges 13:22 and Genesis 16:13;
G...
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_The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a
11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see
on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23
and Genesis 18 J; the...
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_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_
11 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...
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_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES
The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is
more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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WHEN GIDEON PERCEIVED. — The last sign gave him a deeper sense than
before of the grandeur of the messenger who had come to him.
ALAS! — There is no need to supply “I shall die” at the end of
the cla...
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וַ יַּ֣רְא גִּדְעֹ֔ון כִּֽי
־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה...
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GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER
Judges 6:15
"The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the
prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of
Ophrah. It is a persona...
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FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH
Judges 6:19
Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only
wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the
proposal of the...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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Alas. He makes this exclamation, concluding that he should soon die,
Exodus xxxiii. 20. Callimachus says that "it was a law of Saturn, that
the man who saw an immortal, unless the god himself chose to...
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The fear of Gideon, on the discovery, was very natural, and
corresponded to what the Lord had himself long before told Moses
concerning the sight of God. See Exodus 33:20. Reader! what a
delightful vi...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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AND WHEN GIDEON PERCEIVED HE WAS AN ANGEL OF THE LORD,.... By the
miracle wrought, and the manner of his departure:
GIDEON SAID, ALAS! O LORD GOD; woe to me, what will become of me, or
befall me, I s...
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And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the LORD, Gideon
said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD
face to face.
Ver. 22. _Alas, O Lord God!_] _Fasciculus tempo...
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_There rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh _ By which
he showed himself not to be a man that needed such provisions, but the
Son of God; and by this instance of his omnipotency, gave...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN
(vv.1-10)
However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord.
This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity
through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great.
It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...
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I am an undone man; I must die, and that speedily; for that he feared,
JUDGES 6:23, according to the common opinion in that case; of which
see Genesis 16:13, Genesis 32:30...
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Judges 6:22 Gideon H1439 perceived H7200 (H8799) Angel H4397 LORD
H3068 Gideon H1439 said H559 (H8799) Alas...
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‘ And Gideon perceived that he was the Angel of Yaheweh, and Gideon
said, “Alas! Oh Lord Yahweh, forasmuch as I have seen the Angel of
Yahweh face to face.” '
Now he knew fully that he had been face t...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the
descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for
seven years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._
GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR
I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is
best fitted for the reception of heaven...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:22 Gideon feared for his life because he had
encountered God’s angel FACE TO FACE (compare Genesis 32:30;...
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CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_
THE UNSEEN FRIEND
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.]
Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one
particular person known a...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:11
AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called
"the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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Deuteronomy 5:24; Deuteronomy 5:26; Deuteronomy 5:5; Exodus 33:20;...
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GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST
Judges 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men
calling them to special service.
Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
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Alas — I am an undone man: I must die, and that speedily; for that
he feared, Judges 6:23, according to the common opinion in that case....