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God heard Manoah's prayer, and the angel of God came to Manoah's wife again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
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So she ran to tell him, "He is here! The man who appeared to me the other day is here!"
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Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" The man said, "I am."
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So Manoah asked, "When what you say happens, what kind of life should the boy live? What should he do?"
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The angel of the Lord said, "Your wife must be careful to do everything I told her to do.
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She must not eat anything that grows on a grapevine, or drink any wine or beer, or eat anything that is unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her."
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Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."
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The angel of the Lord answered, "Even if I stay awhile, I would not eat your food. But if you want to prepare something, offer a burnt offering to the Lord." (Manoah did not understand that the man was really the angel of the Lord.)
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Then Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, "What is your name? Then we will honor you when what you have said really happens."
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The angel of the Lord said, "Why do you ask my name? It is too amazing for you to understand."
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So Manoah sacrificed a young goat on a rock and offered some grain as a gift to the Lord. Then an amazing thing happened as Manoah and his wife watched.