Judges 13:16

Overview - Judges 13
Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines.
An angel appears to Manoah's wife.
The angel appears to Manoah.
15 Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered.
24 Samson is born.
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Judges 13:16  (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.
 


I will not
As I am a spiritual being, I subsist not by earthly food; and cannot partake of your bounty.

and if, etc
Rather, "but if thou wilt offer," etc.

unto thee
23 ; 6:26