Judges 13:13-21

13The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

14She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

15Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

16The Lord’s messenger said to Manoah, “If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it.” (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord’s messenger.)

17Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”

18The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”

19Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.

20As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.

21The Lord’s messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord’s messenger.