Judges 6:23

And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

In Context

22And Gideon saw that he was an angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, Ah, ah, Lord my God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

24And Gideon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it The peace of the Lord, until this day, as it is still in Ophrah of the father of Ezer.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:31And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; For, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.

Judges 19:20And the old man said, Peace be to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.

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 →

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