Judges 13:13

13 The LORD's messenger answered Manoah, "The woman should be careful to do everything that I told her.

Judges 13:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:13

And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah
Giving him no direct answer to his question, either what should be done to the child, or what that should do; only reminds of and repeats what he had said to his wife, which she should be careful to observe and would, and that was enough for him to know:

of all that I said to the woman, let her beware;
take to abstain from everything in eating and drinking during the time of her going with child, he had joined, which are particularly repeated in the next verse.

Judges 13:13 In-Context

11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. He came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" "I am," he replied.

12 Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what should be the rules for the boy and how he should act?"

13 The LORD's messenger answered Manoah, "The woman should be careful to do everything that I told her.

14 She must not consume anything that comes from the grapevine, drink wine or brandy, or eat anything that is ritually unclean. She must be careful to do everything I have commanded her."

15 Manoah said to the LORD's messenger, "Please let us persuade you to stay so we can prepare a young goat for you."