Judges 13:13–21

¹³So ^athe angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “^bLet the woman be careful in all that I said.

¹⁴“She should not eat anything that comes from the ^avine, nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her keep all that I commanded.”

¹⁵Then Manoah said to ^athe angel of Yahweh, “Please let us delay you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”

¹⁶And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Though you delay me, ^aI will not eat your ¹food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of Yahweh.

¹⁷Then Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “^aWhat is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?”

¹⁸But the angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is ^1awonderful?”

¹⁹So ^aManoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to Yahweh, and He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on.

²⁰Indeed, it happened when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife saw this, so they ^afell on their faces to the ground.

²¹Now the angel of Yahweh did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. ^aThen Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.