The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
"If I have found favor ... then show me a sign"  (Judges 6:17).  "This demand by Gideon was a calculated reminiscence of the initial negotiations with Moses in  Exodus 3:1-4:23."[11]  Again, this is evidence of the universal consciousness in the nation of Israel of the Five Books of Moses.