Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
Cross-reference
In Judges 13:20, the angel ascends in the altar's flame — mirroring the divine fire consuming the offering here and the angel's departure.
Judges 13:19 repeats the exact sequence: angel touches offering with staff, fire consumes, then vanishes — an identical theophanic pattern.
In Leviticus 9:24, fire from the LORD consumes the burnt offering — the same divine acceptance by fire seen here.
In 1 Kings 18:38, fire from heaven consumes Elijah's sacrifice — echoing the fire from the rock that consumed Gideon's offering.
In 2 Chronicles 7:1, fire from heaven consumes Solomon's sacrifice — like the fire that sprang from the rock in Gideon's encounter.
1 Kings 18:24 features fire from heaven consuming a sacrifice to prove God’s identity — the same test of divine approval as Gideon’s offering.