Judges 13:12

And Manoach said, Now let thy devar come to pass. How shall be the mishpat hana'ar (proper treatment of the child), and his ma'aseh (work, [lifeʼs] work)?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

11And Manoach arose, and went after his isha, and came to the ish, and said unto him, Art thou the ish that didst speak unto the isha? And he said, I am.

13And the Malach Hashem said unto Manoach, Of all that I said unto the isha let her be shomer (beware, guard, keep watch over).

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Cross References

Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear Thy chesed in the boker; 1 for in Thee do I trust; 1 cause me to know the Derech wherein I should walk; 1 for I lift up my nefesh unto Thee. 1

Proverbs 22:6Train up a na'ar in the derech (road) he should go, 1 and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 1

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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