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19 So Gideon went in and cooked a young goat. He also took about 20 quarts of flour and made bread without yeast. Then he put the meat into a basket. And he put the broth from the boiled meat into a pot. He brought out the meat, the broth and the bread without yeast. He brought the food to the angel of the Lord. Gideon gave it to him under the oak tree.

20 The angel of God said to Gideon, “Put the meat and the bread without yeast on that rock over there. Then pour the broth on them.” And Gideon did as he was told. 21 The angel of the Lord had a stick in his hand. He touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick. Then fire jumped up from the rock! The meat and the bread were completely burned up! And the angel of the Lord 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