Juízes 13:16

16 O Anjo do SENHOR respondeu: “Se eu ficar, não comerei nada. Mas, se você preparar um holocausto, ofereça-o ao SENHOR”. Manoá não sabia que ele era o Anjo do SENHOR.

Juízes 13:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:16

And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah
In answer to his request:

though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread;
that is, should he be prevailed upon to stay awhile with him, until an entertainment should be got ready, he would not eat of any of his provisions; for "bread" is put for all eatables, or whatsoever he might provide for the entertainment:

and if,
or "but if" ^F14

thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord;
if he meant to provide not a festival entertainment, but a sacrifice, then he should take care that he did not offer it to strange gods, as was now very much the custom with Israel in this their time of apostasy, ( Judges 13:1 ) but to the true Jehovah, and not to a servant of his, a prophet or an angel, but to himself:

for Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord;
he took him to be a man, a prophet sent of God, and not an angel; and much less the uncreated one, to whom as such only the sacrifice could be offered.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Maw) "si autem", V. L. "quod si", Tigurine version; "sin autem", Junius & Tremellius; "si vero", Piscator.

Juízes 13:16 In-Context

14 Ela não poderá comer nenhum produto da videira, nem vinho ou bebida fermentada, nem comer nada impuro. Terá que obedecer a tudo o que ordenei a você”.

15 Manoá disse ao Anjo do SENHOR: “Gostaríamos que ficasses conosco; queremos oferecer-te um cabrito”.

16 O Anjo do SENHOR respondeu: “Se eu ficar, não comerei nada. Mas, se você preparar um holocausto, ofereça-o ao SENHOR”. Manoá não sabia que ele era o Anjo do SENHOR.

17 Então Manoá perguntou ao Anjo do SENHOR: “Qual é o teu nome, para que te prestemos homenagem quando se cumprir a tua palavra?”

18 Ele respondeu: “Por que pergunta o meu nome? Meu nome está além do entendimento”.