Juízes 6:22

22 Quando Gideão viu que era o Anjo do SENHOR, exclamou: “Ah, SENHOR Soberano! Vi o Anjo do SENHOR face a face!”

Juízes 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:22

And when Gideon perceived he was an angel of the Lord
By the miracle wrought, and the manner of his departure:

Gideon said, alas! O Lord God;
woe to me, what will become of me, or befall me, I shall surely die:

for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face;
and whom he had reason to believe was the Lord himself, a divine Person, by the miracle wrought; and it was a commonly received notion even among good men, in those times, that the Lord was not to be seen by them and live, as appears from Jacob, Manoah, and others; at least the appearance of a divine Person, and even of any messenger from heaven, was startling, surprising, and frightful to them; which arose from a sense they had of the divine Being, and of their own sinfulness and frailty.

Juízes 6:22 In-Context

20 E o Anjo de Deus lhe disse: “Apanhe a carne e os pães sem fermento, ponha-os sobre esta rocha e derrame o caldo”. Gideão assim o fez.

21 Com a ponta do cajado que estava em sua mão, o Anjo do SENHOR tocou a carne e os pães sem fermento. Fogo subiu da rocha, consumindo a carne e os pães. E o Anjo do SENHOR desapareceu.

22 Quando Gideão viu que era o Anjo do SENHOR, exclamou: “Ah, SENHOR Soberano! Vi o Anjo do SENHOR face a face!”

23 Disse-lhe, porém, o SENHOR: “Paz seja com você! Não tenha medo. Você não morrerá”.

24 Gideão construiu ali um altar em honra ao SENHOR e lhe deu este nome: O SENHOR é Paz. Até hoje o altar está em Ofra dos abiezritas.