Judges 6:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you.” The LORD said,“I will stay here until you come back.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:3 : 3 He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
  • Gen 18:5 : 5 And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”
  • Judg 13:15 : 15 Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 6:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16The LORD said to him,“Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

    17Gideon said to him,“If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

  • Judg 6:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.

    20God’s angel said to him,“Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.

  • Gen 18:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

    4Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

    5And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”

  • Num 10:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

    31Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

  • Gen 28:15
    72%

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Judg 13:15
    71%

    15Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

  • 1 Sam 10:8
    71%

    8You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do.”

  • Gen 24:33
    71%

    33When food was served, he said,“I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.”“Tell us,” Laban said.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15He then said to him,“Come home with me and eat something.”

    16But he replied,“I can’t go back with you. I am not allowed to eat food or to drink water with you in this place.

    17For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • 1 Sam 20:29
    71%

    29He said,‘Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

  • Judg 6:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

    37Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.”

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    70%

    3One of them said,“Please come along with your servants.” He replied,“All right, I’ll come.”

  • Judg 19:18
    70%

    18The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

  • Exod 33:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

    15And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.

  • Judg 6:39
    70%

    39Gideon said to God,“Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”

  • Num 22:19
    70%

    19Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the LORD might say to me.”

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    70%

    28Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me.”

  • Gen 24:56
    70%

    56But he said to them,“Don’t detain me– the LORD has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master.”

  • 1 Sam 14:9
    70%

    9If they say to us,‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.

  • Judg 6:14
    70%

    14Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

  • Judg 6:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

    23The LORD said to him,“You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”

  • Judg 19:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl’s father said to the man,“Why not stay another night and have a good time!”

    7When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

  • Judg 8:5
    69%

    5He said to the men of Succoth,“Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

  • Judg 6:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

    12The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”

  • Gen 30:31
    69%

    31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

  • Gen 24:5
    69%

    5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

  • Judg 3:18
    69%

    18After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.

  • Gen 24:8
    69%

    8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”

  • Judg 7:17
    69%

    17He said to them,“Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

  • Gen 32:20
    69%

    20You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

  • Ruth 3:18
    69%

    18Then Naomi said,“Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”

  • Gen 22:5
    68%

    5So he said to his servants,“You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”

  • Judg 19:9
    68%

    9When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him,“Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”

  • Gen 38:17
    68%

    17He replied,“I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked,“Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”

  • Judg 19:13
    68%

    13He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

  • Gen 24:41
    68%

    41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

  • Gen 24:54
    68%

    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”