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Selected Verse: Judges 6:18 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jud 6:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Depart [04185] not hence, I pray thee, until I come [0935] unto thee, and bring forth [03318] my present [04503], and set [03240] it before [06440] thee. And he said [0559], I will tarry [03427] until thou come again [07725]. |
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King James |
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
GIDEON'S PRESENT CONSUMED BY FIRE. (Jdg. 6:17-32)
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I . . . bring forth my present--Hebrew, my mincha, or "meat offering"; and his idea probably was to prove, by his visitor's partaking of the entertainment, whether or not he was more than man. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
My present - My Minchah: the word used regularly, though not exclusively, for the meat and drink offering (Lev 2:1 note). Its double sense of an offering to God, and of a gift to man, suits the doubt in Gideon's mind as to who his visitor might be. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
My present - A repast for the angel, whom he thought to be a man. Set it - That thou mayest eat and refresh thyself. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And bring forth my present - My minchah; generally an offering of bread, wine, oil, flour, and such like. It seems from this that Gideon supposed the person to whom he spoke to be a Divine person. Nevertheless, what he prepared and brought out appears to be intended simply as an entertainment to refresh a respectable stranger. |
1 And when any [05315] will offer [07126] a meat [04503] offering [07133] unto the LORD [03068], his offering [07133] shall be of fine flour [05560]; and he shall pour [03332] oil [08081] upon it, and put [05414] frankincense [03828] thereon: