Judges 6:21-23
Easy-to-Read Version
21 The angel of the Lord had a walking stick in his hand. He touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick, and fire jumped up out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel of the Lord disappeared.
22 Then Gideon realized that he had been talking to the angel of the Lord. So he shouted, “Oh, Lord God! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”
23 But the Lord said to Gideon, “Calm down![a] Don’t be afraid! You will not die!”[b]
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- Judges 6:23 Calm down Literally, “Peace.”
- Judges 6:23 You will not die Gideon thought he would die because he had seen the Lord face to face.
Judges 6:21-23
New International Version
21 Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread(A) with the tip of the staff(B) that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared. 22 When Gideon realized(C) that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”(D)
23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid.(E) You are not going to die.”(F)
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