Judges 13:15

15 Manoah said to the Messenger of the LORD, "Please stay while we prepare a young goat for you to eat."

Judges 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:15

And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord
Being satisfied with what he had said, and perceiving that he chose to say no more, and was about to depart:

I pray thee let me detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid
for thee;
to eat a meal with them, in token of gratitude for the trouble he had been at in bringing these messages to them, taking him to be a man, a prophet of the Lord, for whom they were wont to make entertainments; and Abarbinel thinks Manoah proposed this, on purpose to detain him, in hope that while they were eating together he would reveal some secrets unto him.

Judges 13:15 In-Context

13 The Messenger of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife must be careful to do everything I told her to do.

14 She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevines, drink any wine or liquor, or eat any unclean food. She must be careful to do everything I commanded."

15 Manoah said to the Messenger of the LORD, "Please stay while we prepare a young goat for you to eat."

16 But the Messenger of the LORD responded, "If I stay here, I will not eat any of your food. But if you make a burnt offering, sacrifice it to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the Messenger of the LORD.)

17 Then Manoah asked the Messenger of the LORD, "What is your name? When your words come true, we will honor you."