Judges 13:16

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats.

17And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, that when your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you?

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Cross References

Judges 6:20And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so.

Judges 13:23But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things + 13:23 Gr. as the time is.

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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