Judges 13:17-22

The Message

¹⁷ Then Manoah asked the angel of God, “What’s your name? When your words come true, we’d like to honor you.”

¹⁸ The angel of God said, “What’s this? You ask for my name? You wouldn’t understand—it’s sheer wonder.”

^19-21 So Manoah took the kid and the Grain-Offering and sacrificed them on a rock altar to God who works wonders. As the flames leapt up from the altar to heaven, God’s angel also ascended in the altar flames. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground. Manoah and his wife never saw the angel of God again.

^21-22 Only then did Manoah realize that this was God’s angel. He said to his wife, “We’re as good as dead! We’ve looked on God!”