Judges 6:11
The angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress there to hide it from the Midianites.
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In Context
12The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The Lord is with you, great man of courage!”
Cross References
Genesis 16:7The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.
Numbers 26:30The descendants of Gilead: Iezer, ancestor of the Iezerite family; Helek, ancestor of the Helekite family;
Joshua 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord. ‘Totally curse those who live there, for they refused to come help the Lord, to help the Lord against the powerful enemies.’
Judges 8:2“Now what have I achieved in comparison to you?” Gideon replied. “Even Ephraim's left-over grapes are better than Abiezer's whole grape harvest!
Judges 13:3The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her, “It's true that you couldn't conceive, and have no children, but now you're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:8-11
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites, 8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the… Read the whole commentary →