top of this rock] Out of which came the fire that had consumed the cakes, meat and broth. ordered place] i. e. Fitted for the sacrifice in an orderly manner, by laying wood upon it. offer a burnt sacrifice] This office was proper to the priests, yet in a case extraordinary, Gideon, who was no priest, did lawfully offer it, having Gods speciall command for it. of the grove] To wit, which grew about Baals altar, and was now cut down.