Thou must offer it unto the Lord. — Rather, a burnt offering unto the Lord thou mayest offer it. (Comp. Judges 6:20.) Angels invariably discourage and reprove that “worship of angels” (Colossians 2:18), which was the tendency of early Gnostic sects (Daniel 10; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8). The angel might have partaken of earthly food, as we see from Genesis 18:8; Genesis 19:3. Hence Milton says: —
“Food alike these pure
Intelligential substances require,
As doth your rational.” — Par. Lost, 5:418.