¹⁶And Yahweh said to him, “But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian as if they are one man.”^w ¹⁷And he^x said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, show me a sign^y that you are speaking with me. ¹⁸Please, do not depart from here until I come back to you and bring out my gift and set it out before you.”^z And he said, “I will stay until you return.”

¹⁹And Gideon went and prepared a young goat^a and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; he put meat in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and he brought them to him under the oak^b and presented them. ²⁰The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them on this rock; pour the broth over it.” And he did so. ²¹Then the angel of Yahweh reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and he touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of Yahweh went from his sight.^c ²²And Gideon realized that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, “Oh, my lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.” ²³And Yahweh said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not fear; you will not die.”

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Footnotes

wLiterally “as one man”
xThat is, Gideon
yLiterally “make a sign for me”
zOr “in your presence”
aLiterally “a kid of goat”
bOr “terebinth”
cLiterally “from his eyes”