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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 13:18 Or is wonderful

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?

18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

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