He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
In calling Gideon to deliver the Israelites, God revealed Himself twice. First, God appeared to Gideon and spoke directly to him through the Angel of the Lord (Judges 6:11-24; cf. Genesis 32:28). Second, He commanded Gideon to destroy the local Baal worship and renew the worship of Yahweh (Judges 6:25-32; cf. Judges 2:1-3; 1 Kings 18:30-40). In the first case God acknowledged Gideon, and in the second He called on Gideon to acknowledge Him as his God.