Judges 13:13–21

¹³So ^athe angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “^bLet the woman pay attention ¹to 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 observe all that I commanded.”

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

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

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

¹⁸But the angel of the Lord 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 the Lord, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on.

²⁰For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they ^afell on their faces to the ground.

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