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19 Gideon went home and he cooked a young goat. He also used an ephah of flour to make some flat bread. He put the meat in a basket and he put the soup in a pot. He took the food to the one who was sitting under the oak tree.

20 God's angel said to him, ‘Put the meat and the bread on this rock. Pour the soup over them.’ Gideon did what the angel told him to do. 21 Then the Lord's angel touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick that he held in his hand. Fire came from the rock and it burnt up the meat and the bread. Then the Lord's angel disappeared.

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19 Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat,(A) and from an ephah[a](B) of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.(C)

20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, place them on this rock,(D) and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread(E) with the tip of the staff(F) that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:19 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms