Bible Strands
Judges 6:19
So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gideon acts alone inside his home, then moves outside to the oak tree to fulfill his request to the angel of the LORD that he wait while he prepares an offering.
The words — The text highlights גּדִי (gadi), a young goat, and מַצּוֹת (matzot), unleavened bread, as the specific provisions Gideon prepares.
The thread — This preparation mirrors Abraham’s haste to bake fine flour for visiting angels (Genesis 18:6) and echoes Manoah’s offer of a young goat to the angel of the LORD (Judges 13:15).
Why it lands — The passage demands immediate obedience to a divine command, framing hospitality as a concrete act of preparation rather than a verbal promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
Cross-references
- Genesis 18:6 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Leviticus 2:4 Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
- Judges 13:15 “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”