Judges 13:23 BSB — MannaFest

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 these things or spoken to us this way.”

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ASV

But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

KJV

But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1340: “Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1877)

The first remark arising out of the story of Manoah and his wife is this—that oftentimes we pray for blessings which will make us tremble when we receive them. Manoah had asked that he might see the Angel and he saw Him—in answer to His request the Wonderful One condescended to reveal Himself a second time, but the consequence was that the good man was filled with astonishment and dismay. And turning to His wife, he exclaimed, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God."

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Nor would, &c. - This expression seems to have some emphasis in it, to enhance God's mercy to them, as being afforded them in a time of such grievous calamity; and in a time when the word of the Lord was precious; and there was no open vision.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Had he thought fit to kill us, (1.) He would not have accepted our sacrifice, and signified to us his acceptance of it by turning it to ashes, Ps. xx. The sacrifice was the ransom of our lives, and the fire fastening upon that was a plain indication of the turning away of his wrath from us. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, but you see ours is not so.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֧אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	to <the> him
אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ	'ish.To	wife his	H802 →
לוּ֩	lu	if	H3863 →
חָפֵ֨ץ	cha.Fetz	he had desired	H2654 →
יְהוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙	la.ha.mi.Te.nu	to kill us	H4191 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
לָקַ֤ח	la.Kach	he accepted	H3947 →
מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙	mi.ya.De.nu	from hand our	H3027 →
עֹלָ֣ה	'o.Lah	a burnt offering	H5930 →
וּמִנְחָ֔ה	u.min.Chah	and a grain offering	H4503 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
הֶרְאָ֖נוּ	her.'A.nu	he showed us	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֵ֑לֶּה	'E.leh	these [things]	H428 →
וְכָעֵ֕ת	ve.kha.'Et	and about <the> this time	H6256 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ	hish.mi.'A.nu	he caused to hear us	H8085 →
כָּזֹֽאת׃	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
leads to
- Psalms 25:14
  The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9–12
  Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- Matthew 13:11
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- James 2:23
  And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Through
Psalms 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
leads to
- John 15:15
  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
- John 14:21–23
  Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Through
John 14:20
On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
leads to
- John 15:5–7
  I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Through
Psalms 86:17
Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
leads to
- Psalms 41:10–11
  But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

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06About Judges

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Where the connections lead

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Related verses

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About Judges