Judges 13:23

וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ לוּ חָפֵץ יְהוָה לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ לֹֽא ־ לָקַח מִיָּדֵנוּ עֹלָה וּמִנְחָה וְלֹא הֶרְאָנוּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ אֵלֶּה וְכָעֵת לֹא הִשְׁמִיעָנוּ כָּזֹֽאת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

In Context

22וַיֹּאמֶר מָנוֹחַ אֶל ־ אִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹת נָמוּת כִּי אֱלֹהִים רָאִֽינוּ ׃

24וַתֵּלֶד הָֽאִשָּׁה בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיִּגְדַּל הַנַּעַר וַֽיְבָרְכֵהוּ יְהוָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 4:4וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם ־ הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶן וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה אֶל ־ הֶבֶל וְאֶל ־ מִנְחָתֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 25:14סוֹד יְהוָה לִירֵאָיו וּבְרִיתוֹ לְהוֹדִיעָֽם ׃

Psalms 86:17עֲשֵֽׂה ־ עִמִּי אוֹת לְטוֹבָה וְיִרְאוּ שֹׂנְאַי וְיֵבֹשׁוּ כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה יְהוָה עֲזַרְתַּנִי וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי ׃

Ecclesiastes 4:9טוֹבִים הַשְּׁנַיִם מִן ־ הָאֶחָד אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ ־ לָהֶם שָׂכָר טוֹב בַּעֲמָלָֽם ׃

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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