And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
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Gill's Exposition
Intending to go to his own, or his father's house, to fetch some food to entertain him with, and therefore entreats he would not quit the place where he was until he returned:
and bring forth my…
Barnes' Notes
A sign - If the Angel ate of Gideon’s present it would be a conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare Joh 21:9-13; Luk 24:37-43; Act 10:41.) It would also be a token of God’s goodwill to…
It is not said what effect the prophet's sermon had upon the people, but we may hope it had a good effect, and that some of them at least repented and reformed upon it; for here, immediately after, we…
Cambridge Bible
shew me a sign that it is thou Gideon asks for a sign that it is indeed Jehovah who charges him with this great undertaking (Jdg 6:6; Jdg 6:6); but in the following verse Gideon clearly does not know…
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