Judges 13:15

15 And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "{Please stay}, and let us 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 And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Let the woman be attentive to all that I said.

14 She should not eat of anything that comes from the vine, or drink wine or strong drink, or eat anything unclean; she should keep all that I commanded."

15 And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "{Please stay}, and let us prepare a {young goat} for you."

16 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "If you keep me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering for Yahweh, you can offer it (for Manoah did not know that he [was] an angel of Yahweh)."

17 And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "What [is] your name so that when your words come [true] we may honor you?"

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "Please, let us hold you back"
• [b] Literally "kid of goat"