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21 The Lord's angel did not appear to them again. Manoah then realized that their visitor was the Lord's own angel. 22 He said to his wife, ‘We are sure to die! We have seen God!’

23 But his wife said to him, ‘The Lord accepted our burnt offering and our grain offering. He would not have done that if he wanted to kill us. He would not have shown us all these great things. He would not have told us about what will happen to us.’

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21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized(A) that it was the angel of the Lord.

22 “We are doomed(B) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen(C) God!”

23 But his wife answered, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”(D)

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