15 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and (A)prepare a young goat for you.” 16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.) 17 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, (B)“What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?” 18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, (C)“Why do you ask my name, seeing (D)it is wonderful?” 19 So (E)Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works[a] wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching. 20 And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, (F)and they fell on their faces to the ground.

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  1. Judges 13:19 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew Lord, and working

15 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat(A) for you.”

16 The angel of the Lord replied, “Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering,(B) offer it to the Lord.” (Manoah did not realize(C) that it was the angel of the Lord.)

17 Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name,(D) so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”

18 He replied, “Why do you ask my name?(E) It is beyond understanding.[a] 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock(F) to the Lord. And the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: 20 As the flame(G) 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.(H)

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  1. Judges 13:18 Or is wonderful