¹³The Lord’s angel answered, “Your wife must be sure to do everything that I have told her. ¹⁴She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her.”

^15–16Manoah did not know that it was the Lord’s angel, so he said to him, “Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you.”

But the angel said, “If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the Lord.”

¹⁷Manoah replied, “Tell us your name, so that we can honour you when your words come true.”

¹⁸The angel asked, “Why do you want to know my name? It is a name of wonder.”^z

¹⁹So Manoah took a young goat and some grain, and offered them on the rock altar to the Lord who works wonders.^a ^20–21While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the Lord’s angel go up towards heaven in the flames. Manoah realized then that the man had been the Lord’s angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downwards on the ground. They never saw the angel again.

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Footnotes

zname of wonder; or mysterious name.
aSome ancient translations who works wonders; Hebrew and working wonders while Manoah and his wife watched.