Judges 13:9-21

9And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the Man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.”

11Then 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?” He said, “I am.”

12And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what shall be the boy’s manner of life, and his vocation?”

13The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “The woman must pay attention to everything that I said to her.

14She may not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, nor eat anything [ceremonially] unclean. She shall observe everything that I commanded her.”

15Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and let us prepare a young goat for you [to eat].”

16The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the Lord.

17Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that when your words come true, we may honor you?”

18But the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful (miraculous)?”

19So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord, and He performed miracles while Manoah and his wife looked on.

20For when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the altar flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this they fell on their faces to the ground.

21The Angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah or his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the Angel of the Lord.