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Then Manoah entreated the Lord, and said, "O Lord, I pray, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and teach us what we are to do concerning the boy who will be born."
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God listened to Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
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So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me."
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Manoah got up and followed his wife, and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am."
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Then Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's rule of life; what is he to do?"
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The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Let the woman give heed to all that I said to her.
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She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine. She is not to drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. She is to observe everything that I commanded her."
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Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "Allow us to detain you, and prepare a kid for you."
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The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "If you detain me, I will not eat your food; but if you want to prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord." (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.)
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Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?"
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But the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful."