SECTION' I. ó07 2. 'r And the Lord said unto Joshua, See I have given into thine hand Jericho, &c." here it seems evident that the captain of the host of the Lord is also called the Lord or Jehovah ; and Jo- shua is commanded, just as Moses was, to loose his shoe from his foot, because the place. was holy, that is, because God himself was present there. Judges. ii. 1. And an angel of the Lord cane up front Gilgal to.Bochim, and said, I made Josgo up out of Egypt, and have brought ,you into the land, which I swore untoyour fathers, and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. This was certainly a human appearance, for the angel came.from Gilgal to Bochim, which plainly intimates. a visible person mov- ing or passing from. oneplace to another; yet the words are as plainly the language of God ; so that, in all probability, this was also the angel of God's presence. Judges vi. 11." And there came an angel of the Lord, and at under-an oak which was in Ophra: and Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press. Verse 12. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said unto him, the Lord Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. Verse 13. And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, if the Lord Jehovah be with us, why is all this befallen us I Verse 14. And the Lord Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites : Have not l sent thee ì Here isa long dialpgue between the Lord and Gideon. Verse 20. " And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth ; and he did so. Verse 21. Then the angel of theLord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and unleavened cakes, and there rose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes, and the anger of the Lord departed out of his sight. Verse 22. And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel, Gideon said, alas, O Lord God, for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. Verse 23. And theLord saidunto him, peace be unto thee ; fear not, thou shalt not die." On this transaction I make these few remarks :- 1. This angel had doubtless a human shape, figure and voice, for he sat under an oak ; and Gideon brought him a pre- sent of flesh and cakes to eat, thinking at first it might have been a man of God or a prophet ; though when the angel bid him offer it in sacrifice, and then consumed it by a miraculous fire, he perceived that it was no man, but an angel of God ; and it is hardly to be supposed, but that Gideon saw his face. 2. Here is an angel of the Lord, who by the sacred writer is seve- ral trines called Jehovah ; for these names the Lord or Jehovah, and the angel of the Lord, are used promiscuously by the histò- '
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