A moment in scripture
Judges 13:16
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
The surrounding passage
- Judges 13:14
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
- Judges 13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
- Judges 13:17
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
- Judges 13:18
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.