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And the angel of the LORD replied unto Manoah, Let the woman keep herself from all that I said.
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She may not eat of any
thing that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean
thing; all that I commanded her let her keep.
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And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
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And the angel of the LORD replied unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread, but if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, sacrifice it unto the LORD. For Manoah did not know that this
was the angel of the LORD.
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And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What
is thy name that when thy words come to pass we may honour thee?
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And the angel of the LORD replied, Why dost thou ask for my name? It
is wonderful.
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So Manoah took a kid with a present and sacrificed
it upon a rock unto the LORD, and
the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar as Manoah and his wife looked on, and they prostrated themselves on the ground on their faces.
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But the angel of the LORD did not appear any more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he
was the angel of the LORD.
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And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die because we have seen God.
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But his wife said unto him, If the LORD had desired to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and the present from our hands, neither would he have showed us all these
things, nor would he have announced this according to the time.