Judges 13:15

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

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 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."

16 But the LORD's messenger replied to Manoah, "If you persuaded me to stay, I wouldn't eat your food. If you prepare an entirely burned offering, offer it to the LORD." Indeed, Manoah didn't know that he was the LORD's messenger.

17 Manoah said to the LORD's messenger, "What's your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?"