Judges 6:22
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he cried out, “Oh no, Lord God! I've seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”
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23But the Lord told him, “Peace! Don't worry, you're not going to die.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:30Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”
Exodus 33:20But you won't be able to see my face, because no one can see my face and live.”
Deuteronomy 5:24and said, “Listen, the Lord our God has revealed his glory and majesty to us, and we have heard his voice that came from the fire. Today we have seen that human beings don't die even when God speaks with them.
Judges 13:21The angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again, and Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord.
Isaiah 6:5I cried out, “I'm doomed! I'm going to die because I'm a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, for I've seen the King, the Lord Almighty!”
John 12:41Isaiah saw Jesus' glory and said this in reference to him.
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25
The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 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 winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →