John Gill Commentary Judges 6:8

"that Jehovah sent a prophet unto the children of Israel: and he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;" — Judges 6:8 (ASV)

And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel
"A man, a prophet" ^F6, as in the Hebrew text, not an angel, but a man; and this not Phinehas, as say some Jewish writers ^F7; for it is not probable he should live so long as more than two hundred years; and had he been living, it is surprising he should not have been heard of in the times of the preceding judges, and that he was not used before now to reprove the people for their sins; but who the prophet was we have no account now nor hereafter, here or elsewhere. Abarbinel supposes he was raised up for a short time:

which said to them, thus says the Lord God of Israel ;
he came in the name of the Lord, and using the form and manner of speech the prophets of Israel did, putting them in mind of the true God they had forgot, and who yet was their Lord and God:

I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of
bondage ;
reminding them of the benefits they received from God, and the obligations they were under to serve him, who, when they were slaves in Egypt, he appeared for them, and brought them out of their miserable condition.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: (aybn vya) "virum prophetam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.