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.
The flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot - (see the note at Genesis 18:1-33.) The flesh seem to have been roasted, which is done by cutting it into kobeb - i:e., into small pieces, fixed on a skewar, and put before the fire. The broth was for immediate use; the other, brought in a hand-banket, was intended to be a future supply to the traveler. The miraculous fire that consumed it, and the vanishing of the stranger, not by walking, but as a spirit in the fire, filled Gideon with awe. A consciousness of demerit fills the heart of every fallen man at the thought of God, with fear of His wrath; and this feeling was increased by a belief prevalent in ancient times, that whoever saw an angel would forthwith die. The acceptance of Gideon's sacrifice betokened the acceptance of his person; but it requital an express assurance of the divine blessing, given in some unknown manner, to restore his comfort and peace of mind.