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Judges 13:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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? "
Judges 13:17
Verse in Context
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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
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 the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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Judges 13:1
"And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years."
Judges 13:2
"And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare"
Judges 13:3
"And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son."
Judges 13:4
"Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean"
Judges 13:5
"For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
Judges 13:6
"Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:"
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