Judges 13:18
The LORD’s angel said to him,“You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 32:29 : 29 Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
- Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Judg 13:6 : 6 The woman went and said to her husband,“A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angel– he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
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- Judg 13:15-173 verses88%
15 Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
16 The LORD’s angel said to Manoah,“If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the LORD, you should offer it.”(He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the LORD’s angel.)
17 Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”
- Judg 13:19-224 verses74%
19 Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. The LORD’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the LORD’s angel went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.
21 The LORD’s angel did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the LORD’s angel.
22 Manoah said to his wife,“We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”
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29 Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
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6 The woman went and said to her husband,“A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angel– he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
- Judg 13:8-136 verses72%
8 Manoah prayed to the LORD,“Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born.”
9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angel visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 The woman ran at once and told her husband,“Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!”
11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met the man, he said to him,“Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said,“Yes.”
12 Manoah said,“Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”
13 The LORD’s angel told Manoah,“Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.
- Judg 6:22-232 verses71%
22 When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”
23 The LORD said to him,“You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”
- Judg 6:11-133 verses69%
11 Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
12 The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”
13 Gideon said to him,“Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said,‘Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
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17 Eli said,“What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
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27 The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”
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3 The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.
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17 Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
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13 Moses said to God,“If I go to the Israelites and tell them,‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,‘What is his name?’– what should I say to them?”
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15 The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven
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5 He replied,“Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded,“No, sir.”
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32 The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.
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17 Gideon said to him,“If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
- Zech 1:9-102 verses66%
9 The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”
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13 So Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her,“You are the God who sees me,” for she said,“Here I have seen one who sees me!”
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18 And Moses said,“Show me your glory.”
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18 Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”
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5 As for the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is the name by which he is remembered!
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11 But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.
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20 But he added,“You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
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13 The LORD then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.
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21 Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.
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2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!
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27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
- Luke 1:18-192 verses64%
18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”
19 The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
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7 The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”
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13 He replied,“Don’t you know what these are?” And I said,“No, sir.”
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4 Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me,“What are these, sir?”
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6 Then the angel of the LORD exhorted Joshua solemnly:
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17 For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”