Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Unleavened cakes - Being much more quickly baked (and also as connected with the meat offering). An ephah, containing 3 measures, was the qu…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Unleavened cakes. —Because these were most quickly made, as by Lot for the angels, and by the Witch of Endor for Saul ([Reference …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Gideon went in
Into his own house, or his father's:

and made ready a kid ;

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet lived in obscurity during those times; he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was v…