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The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I won`t eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn`t know that he was the angel of Yahweh.
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Worship is for God Alone
Commentators stress the angel's immediate command: any burnt offering must be for Jehovah alone. This is a consistent biblical principle where God's messengers, whether angels or prophets, refuse worship and redirect all honor to God. This was especially crucial, as one scholar notes, during a time of widespread apostasy in Israel.
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19th Century
Anglican
You must offer it to the Lord. —Rather, a burnt offering to the Lord you may offer it. (Compare to Judges 6:20.) Angels i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah In answer to his request:
though you detain me, I will n…
Presbyterian
What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has given full dire…