Judges 13:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ The ·angel [messenger] of the Lord did not appear to them again. Then Manoah ·understood [realized; knew] that the man was really the ·angel [messenger] of the Lord. ²² Manoah said, “We have seen ·God [or a divine being; ^CHebrew: Elohim; v. 3], so we will surely die [6:23; Gen. 16:13].”

²³ But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] or ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1]. He would not have shown us all these things or told us all this.”