Judges 13:13

13 The angel of the LORD answered, “Your wife must do all that I have told her.

Judges 13:13 in Other Translations

13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

13 And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.

13 The angel of the LORD replied, “Be sure your wife follows the instructions I gave her.

13 The angel of God said to Manoah,

13 The Angel of the Lord answered Manoah, "Your wife needs to do everything 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. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who talked to my wife?” “I am,” he said.

12 So Manoah asked him, “When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy’s life and work?”

13 The angel of the LORD answered, “Your wife must do all that I have told her.

14 She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

15 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you.”