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Judges 13:21

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And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.

KJV

But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.

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This verse in Judges 13

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then Manoah took a young goat

on Judges 13:19-21

The offering goes up on a rock, and verse 20 calls that rock “the altar”, as Gideon's rock became at 6:20-21. There the fire rose out of the rock and the angel vanished, and here “the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame”. Verse 21 puts the knowledge last, since the visits stop and only then “Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD”.

This site's exposition

Manoah realized that it had been the angel

John Gill places Manoah's knowledge in what he saw: the fire on the rock and the angel of the LORD going up in the flame unharmed. Matthew Henry notes that Manoah and his wife looked on in silence. The angel did not appear again.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

The great Redeemer did in a particular manner concern himself about this typical redeemer. Beware - Because the child was to be a Nazarite from the womb, ver. 5, and from the conception; and because the mother's pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from this time to observe the following rules belonging to the Nazarites.

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But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife,.... As the flame and smoke ascended, he disappeared therewith, and was seen no more: then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord; by the wondrous things he did, causing fire to come down from heaven, or out of the rock, ascending in the midst of the flame, without being hurt by it, and going up to heaven in it.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

While the angel did wondrously, they looked on, and said nothing (so it becomes us carefully to observe the wondrous works of God, and to be silent before him); but when he had gone, having finished his work, they had time to make their reflections. In Manoah's reflection upon it there is great fear,

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָ֤סַףhe repeated

    yasafH3254 →212 times

  • עוֹד֙again

    ʾodH5750 →490 times

  • מַלְאַ֣ךְ[the] angel of

    malakhH4397 →213 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְהֵרָאֹ֖הto appear

    leheraohH7200 →1300 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מָנ֣וֹחַManoah

    manoachH4495 →18 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • אִשְׁתּ֑וֹwife his

    ʾishtoH802 →781 times

  • אָ֚זthen

    ʾazH227 →141 times

  • יָדַ֣עhe knew

    yada'H3045 →945 times

  • מָנ֔וֹחַManoah

    manoachH4495 →18 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • מַלְאַ֥ךְ[was] [the] angel of

    malakhH4397 →213 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הֽוּא׃it

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Judges 6:22

    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 32:30

      So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

    • Exodus 33:20

      But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

    • Deuteronomy 5:26

      For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

    • John 1:18

      No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

    • Genesis 16:13

      So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

  • Through

    Judges 13:16

    And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know…

    it leads to

    • Judges 13:23

      But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all…

    • Judges 6:26

      Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it…

    • Judges 6:20

      And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 13 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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