Judges 13:22

And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

In Context

21And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord,

23And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:6And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

Exodus 24:10And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Deuteronomy 4:38To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as thou seest at this present day.

Judges 6:22And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:16-24

Manoah's Alarm. ( b. c. 1161.) 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord . For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord . 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And… Read the whole commentary →

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