The Angel of the Lord Visits Gideon

¹¹ The angel of the Lord [^Cangelic spokesperson for God, sometimes identified with the Lord himself; 2:1; Gen. 16:7; Ex. 14:19; 23:20] came and sat down under the oak tree at Ophrah that belonged to Joash, ·one of the Abiezrite people [^Lthe Abiezrite]. Gideon, Joash’s son, was ·separating some wheat from the chaff [threshing/^Lbeating out wheat] in a winepress to keep the wheat from the Midianites [^Cin a pit hidden from sight]. ¹² The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, “The Lord is with you, ·mighty [courageous] warrior!”

¹⁴ The Lord turned to Gideon and said, “Go with your strength and ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] Israel from the ·Midianites [^Lhand of Midian]. ·I am the one who is sending you. [^LAm I not sending you?]”