Judges 13:16
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.
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- Judg 6:20 : 20 And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.
- Judg 6:26 : 26 Make an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.
- Judg 13:23 : 23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
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- Judg 13:6-1510 verses86%
6Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
7But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.
8Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.
9And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.
11And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.
12And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?
13And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.
14She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.
15And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.
- Judg 13:17-237 verses81%
17Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?
18But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?
19So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.
20And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
21But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.
22And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
23But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
- 1 Kgs 13:15-195 verses74%
15Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
16But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;
17For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
18Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.
19So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.
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2Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
3And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
4Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
- 1 Kgs 13:8-92 verses72%
8But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;
9For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.
- Judg 6:18-236 verses71%
18Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.
19Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.
20And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.
21Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
22Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
23But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.
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11Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.
12And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.
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33And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
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25Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.
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7And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.
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15And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.
16And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
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23But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.
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15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
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19Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.
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3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
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12And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
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20See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.
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4They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.
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5Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
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21These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.
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21And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,