Judges 6:8
in Judges 6He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
that Jehovah sent a prophet unto the children of Israel: and he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
KJV
That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
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This verse in Judges 6
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThe Lord sent a prophet - The Jews say that this was Phinehas; but it is more likely that it was some prophet or teacher raised up by the Lord to warn and instruct them. Such were his witnesses, and they were raised up from time to time to declare the counsel of God to his rebellious people.
This site's exposition
cried out to the LORD because of Midian
on Judges 6:7-10
The prophet is unnamed, says nothing of a rescue, and never appears again. His speech follows the angel's at 2:1-3: out of Egypt, delivered from every oppressor, given the land, then charged with disobedience. The charge is exact, "You must not fear the gods of the Amorites", and verse 25 finds an altar to Baal at the house of the man God is about to call.
This site's exposition
He sent them a prophet
Adam Clarke reports a Jewish tradition that this prophet was Phinehas. Clarke himself thinks it more likely he was a teacher raised up for the occasion, one of the witnesses God sent from time to time to his rebellious people. The message opens with the exodus.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
): Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; they had worshipped the gods of the nations, as if they had had no God of their own to worship and therefore might choose whom they pleased; but they are here reminded of one whom they had forgotten, who was known by the title of the God of Israel, and to him they must return.
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), which was a certain indication that he had not forsaken them. (3.) The angel gave him a very effectual answer to his objections, by giving him a commission to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Midianites, and assuring him of success therein,
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And the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,....
Note, (1.) We have reason to hope God is designing mercy for us if we find he is by his grace preparing us for it. If to those that are sick he sends a messenger, an interpreter, by whom he shows unto man his uprightness, then he is gracious, and grants a recovery, Job xxxiii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel--The curse of the national calamity is authoritatively traced to their infidelity as the cause. AN ANGEL SENDS GIDEON TO DELIVER THEM.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A prophet - His name is not given. (Compare 1 Kings 13.) This message is somewhat similar to that of the Angel, Jdg 2:1-3. The reference to Exo 20:2 is plain, and supposes the people to whom the prophet addresses these words to be familiar with the facts recorded in that text.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| נָבִ֖יא | navi' | a prophet | H5030 → | |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לָהֶ֜ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| כֹּה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אָנֹכִ֞י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| הֶעֱלֵ֤יתִי | heeleiti | I brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וָאֹצִ֥יא | vaotzi' | and I brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִבֵּ֥ית | mibeit | from a house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עֲבָדִֽים׃ | ʾavadim | slaves | H5650 → | 799 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֧חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אִ֥ישׁa man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
נָבִ֖יאa prophet
navi'H5030 →
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לָהֶ֜םto <the> them
lahem
כֹּה־thus
koh-H3541 →
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אָנֹכִ֞יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
הֶעֱלֵ֤יתִיI brought up
heeleitiH5927 →890 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וָאֹצִ֥יאand I brought out
vaotzi'H3318 →1067 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִבֵּ֥יתfrom a house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
עֲבָדִֽים׃slaves
ʾavadimH5650 →799 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Judges
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.