The Call of Gideon
11 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash ch. 8:2;Josh. 17:2the Abiezrite, while his son Heb. 11:32Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And ch. 13:3;Luke 1:11;[Acts 10:3] the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, Josh. 1:5"The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."
22 Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, ch. 13:21,22;[Gen. 32:30;Ex. 33:20;Deut. 5:26]"Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face." 23 But the Lord said to him, Dan. 10:19"Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die." 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, [Gen. 22:14;Ex. 17:15;Ezek. 48:35] The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at ver. 11;ch. 8:27,32Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.