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The Book of Judges, Chapter 13, Verse 12

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And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].
King James Version
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?
American Standard Version
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?
New English Translation
Manoah said,“Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”
World English Bible
Manoah said, "Now let your words happen. What shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?"
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And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
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She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean [thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.
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And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
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And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
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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?
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And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?
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So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.
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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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And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.