Judges 13:23
And his wife says to him, “If YHWH were desirous to put us to death, He had not received burnt-offering and present from our hands, nor showed us all these things, nor caused us to hear [anything] like this as [at this] time.”
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22And Manoah says to his wife, “We certainly die, for we have seen God.”
24And the woman bears a son, and calls his name Samson, and the youth grows, and YHWH blesses him,
Cross References
Genesis 4:4and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,
Psalms 25:14The secret of YHWH [is] for those fearing Him, || And His covenant—to cause them to know.
Psalms 86:17Do with me a sign for good, || And those hating me see and are ashamed, || For You, O YHWH, have helped me, || Indeed, You have comforted me!
Ecclesiastes 4:9The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labor.
John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone may love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and We will make [an] abode with him;
1 Corinthians 12:21and an eye is not able to say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
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 →