Judges 13:12

So Manoah said, “May your promise come true! What shall be decided for the boy, and what is to be his vocation?”

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In The King James Version

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

In Context

11Manoah got up and went back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife before?” “Yes I am,” he replied.

13“Make sure your wife is careful to follow everything I told her,” the angel of the Lord replied.

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Cross References

Psalms 143:8Tell me every morning about your trustworthy love, because I put my confidence in you. Show me the way I should go, because I dedicate myself to you.

Proverbs 22:6Teach children the right way to live, and when they grow up they'll go on doing so.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:9-15

The Angel's Appearance to Manoah. ( b. c. 1161.) 8 Then Manoah intreated the Lord , and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came… Read the whole commentary →

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