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20 When the burnt offering was engulfed in flames that sprang up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame that came from the altar. When Manoah and his wife observed this, they collapsed on their faces to the ground. 21 The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah or to his wife, and then Manoah knew confidently that the visitor[a] had been the angel of the Lord.

22 Then Manoah told his wife, “We’re going to die for sure, because we’ve seen God!”

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  1. Judges 13:21 Lit. that he

20 As the flame(A) blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.(B) 21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized(C) that it was the angel of the Lord.

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

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