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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the angel of God said unto him,.... Instead of sitting down and partaking of the entertainment made for him, he bid him do as follows:
take the flesh, and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon…
Barnes' Notes
Unleavened cakes - As being much more quickly baked (compare Gen 19:3) (and as connected with the meat offering). An ephah, containing 3 measures, was the quantity of flour commonly used at one baking…
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
a kid Cf. Jdg 13:15; Jdg 13:19 and Gen 18:7 (a calf). An ephahwas approximately equivalent to our bushel; in Gen 18:6 Abraham orders the same quantity, -three seahs" (one ephah, cf. Isa 5:10 ephahin…